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Tan vs. Philippine Commercial International Bank (PCIB)

MARCIANO TAN, Petitioner, versus PHILIPPINE COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL BANK, Respondent.

G.R. No. 152666 | 2008-04-22

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO MORALES, J.:

From the March 19, 2002 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals affirming that of the Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) convicting Marciano Tan, herein petitioner, of nine (9) counts of violation of Batas Pambansa Blg. 22 (B.P. Blg. 22) or the Bouncing Checks Law, petitioner filed the present petition for review on certiorari.

The following undisputed facts spawned the filing of the nine (9) informations for violation of BP Blg. 22 against petitioner.

Master Tours and Travel (MTT), of which petitioner was executive vice-president, applied on July 16, 1990 for a 360-day Usance Letter of Credit (LC) with...