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Sps Franklin and Lourdes Olbes vs. Atty. Victor V. Deciembre

Spouses FRANKLIN and LOURDES OLBES, Complainants, versus Atty. VICTOR V. DECIEMBRE, Respondent.

A.C. No. 5365 | 2005-04-27

D E C I S I O N 
 
 
PANGANIBAN, J.: 
 
Constituting a serious transgression of the Code of Professional Responsibility was the malevolent act of respondent, who filled up the blank checks entrusted to him as security for a loan by writing on those checks amounts that had not been agreed upon at all, despite his full knowledge that the loan they were meant to secure had already been paid. 
 
The Case 
 
Before us is a verified Petition[1] for the disbarment of Atty. Victor V. Deciembre, filed by Spouses Franklin and Lourdes Olbes with the Office of the Bar Confidant of this Court. Petitioners charged...