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Lourdes R. Businos vs Francisco Ricafort

LOURDES R. BUSINOS, complainant vs. ATTY. FRANCISCO RICAFORT, respondent.

A.C. No. 4349 | 1997-12-22

R E S O L U T I O N


PER CURIAM:

In a sworn complaint for disbarment dated 31 October 1994 but received by us on 21 November 1994, complainant Lourdes R. Busiños charged respondent Atty. Francisco Ricafort, a practicing lawyer in Oas, Albay with having committed the crime of estafa under Article 315(1) (b) of the Revised Penal Code by misappropriating the sum of P32,000.00. Of this amount, P30,000.00 was entrusted to respondent for deposit in the bank account of complainant's husband, while P2,000.00 represented the amount respondent demanded from complainant supposedly for a bond in Civil Case No. 5814, when no such bond was required.

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