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People vs. Priscilla Balasa, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. PRISCILLA BALASA, NORMITA VISAYA, GUILLERMO FRANCISCO, NORMA FRANCISCO and ANALINA FRANCISCO, accused. NORMA FRANCISCO, GUILLERMO FRANCISCO and ANALINA FRANCISCO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 106357 | 1998-09-03

D E C I S I O N

ROMERO, J.:

"Avarice, mother of crimes, greedy for more the more she possesses, eversearching open-mouthed for gold."1 

Greed has always been one of man's failings. The hope of greater gain has lured many a man to throw caution, and his common sense, to the wind. This human foible, known to many, has been exploited throughout the ages by con men, charlatans and cheats to bilk the gullible public of their hard-earned money. History has thus seen the unraveling of various disingenuous stratagems which are at bottom nothing but scams. The case at hand once again proves that "a sucker is born every...