G.R. No. 128280 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. ALICIA A. CHUA, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, Alicia A. Chua is hereby found: "1) Guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Illegal Recruitment committed in large scale in Criminal Case No. 93-127418 and is therefore sentenced to serve a penalty of life imprisonment and a fine of P100,000.00; "2) Guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Estafa in Criminal Case No. 93-127419 and is sentenced to serve indeterminate sentence of four (4) years of prision correccional maximum, as minimum to six (6) years and eight (8) months of Prision Mayor minimum as maximum, and to pay the complainant the sum of P15,000.00 plus legal interest from the filing of the case until fully paid; "3) Guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Estafa in Criminal Case No. 93-127420 and is sentenced to serve an indeterminate sentence of four (4) years of prision correccional maximum as minimum to six (6) years and eight (8) months of prision mayor minimum as maximum, and to pay the complainant the sum of P15,500.00 plus legal interest from the filing of the case until fully paid; "4) Guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Estafa in Criminal Case No. 93-127421 and is sentenced to serve an indeterminate sentence of four (4) years of prision correccional maximum as minimum to six (6) years and eight (8) months of prision mayor minimum as maximum, and to pay the complainant the sum of P15,500.00 plus legal interest from the filing of the case until fully paid; "5) Guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Estafa in Criminal Case No. 93-127422 and is therefore sentenced to serve an indeterminate sentence of six (6) months of Arresto Mayor maximum, as minimum to two (2) years and eleven (11) months of prision correccional medium, as maximum, and to pay the complainant the sum of P11,500.00 plus legal interest from the filing of the case until fully paid; "6) Guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Estafa in Criminal Case No. 93-127423 and is therefore sentenced to serve an indeterminate sentence of four (4) years of prision correccional maximum, as minimum to six (6) years and eight (8) months of prision mayor minimum, as maximum and to pay the complainant the sum of P15,500.00 plus legal interest from the filing of the case until fully paid; "7) Guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Estafa in Criminal Case No. 93-127425 and is therefore sentenced to serve an indeterminate sentence of four (4) years of prision correccional maximum, as minimum to six (6) years and eight (8) months of prision mayor minimum as maximum, and to pay the complainant the sum of P14,500.00 plus legal interest from the filing of the case until fully paid; "8) Guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Estafa in Criminal Case No. 93-127426 and is therefore sentenced to serve indeterminate sentence of four (4) years of prision correccional maximum, as minimum to six (6) years and eight (8) months of prision mayor minimum as maximum, and to pay the complainant the sum of P14,500