G.R. No. 205576 - MIGUEL D. ESCOBAR, EUGENE L. ALZATE, PERLA C. MAGLINTE, CESAR M. CAGANG, AND VIVENCIA S. TELESFORO, V. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Ruling

WHEREFORE , judgment is hereby rendered as follows - finding accused PERLA C. MAGLINTE, AMELIA CARMELA C. ZOLETA, and EUGENE ALZATE, GUILTY as principals of the complex crime of estafa through falsification of public documents defined and penalized under the provisions of Articles 315 and 171 in relation to Article 48 of the Revised Penal Code and applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law sentencing each of them to suffer indeterminate penalty of ten (10) years as minimum, to eleven (11) years and four (4) months of prision mayor as maximum, with the accessories provided by law, and to pay a fine of PhP5,000.00; finding accused MIGUEL D. ESCOBAR, VIVENCIA S. TELESFORO and CESAR M. CAGANG GUILTY of malversation and applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law sentencing each of them to suffer the indeterminate penalty of ten (10) years and one (1) day of prision mayor as minimum, to eighteen (18) years, eight (8) months and one (1) day of reclusion temporal as maximum, and to pay a fine of PhP300,000.00 and the penalty of perpetual special disqualification to hold public office and other accessory penalties provided by law; and ordering all the accused, jointly and severally, to indemnify the Provincial Government of Sarangani the defrauded/malversed amount of PhP300,000.00, and to pay the cost. As for accused MARGIE P. RUDES, who is at-large and beyond the jurisdiction of the Court, this case is ordered ARCHIVED . SO ORDERED.