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Wellington Reyes Vs. Salvador M. Gaa

WELLINGTON REYES, complainant, vs. ATTY. SALVADOR M. GAA, respondent.

A.M. No. 1048 | 1995-07-14

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

This administrative complaint for disbarment charges respondent, a former Assistant City Fiscal of Manila, with malpractice and willful violation of his oath as an attorney.

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On March 30, 1971, at around 9:00 A.M., complainant reported to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) that he had been the victim of extortion by respondent, an Assistant City Fiscal of Manila, who was investigating a complaint for estafa filed by complainant's business rival. According to complainant, he had given respondent P500.00 on March 1, 1971 and a total of P500.00 on three other occasions. He said that another "payoff"...