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Philippine Commercial Industrial Bank vs Pedro L. Cabrera

PHILIPPINE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL BANK, petitioner, vs. PEDRO L. CABRERA, respondent.

G.R. No. 160368 | 2005-03-31

D E C I S I O N 


DAVIDE, JR., C.J.: 

This case stemmed from two anomalous withdrawals totalling P202,000 against the savings account of one Philip Inocencio, a depositor of the Sixto Antonio-Pasig Branch of petitioner Philippine Commercial Industrial Bank. Such anomaly was imputed on respondent Pedro L. Cabrera, the Assistant Manager-Service Head of that Branch who had been with the petitioner bank for almost two decades. 

The anomaly was discovered on 4 April 1998 when Inocencio went to the Branch to have his passbook updated. Customer Service Assistant (CSE) Corazon Alejandro, the branch personnel who attended to him,...