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Charles B. Baylon Vs. Atty. Jose A. Almo

CHARLES B. BAYLON, Complainant, versus ATTY. JOSE A. ALMO, Respondent.

A.C. No. 6962 | 2008-06-25

D E C I S I O N


QUISUMBING, J.:

This case stemmed from the administrative complaint filed by the complainant at the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) charging the respondent with fraud and deceit for notarizing a Special Power of Attorney (SPA) bearing the forged signature of the complainant as the supposed principal thereof.

Complainant averred that Pacita Filio, Rodolfo Llantino, Jr. and his late wife, Rosemarie Baylon, conspired in preparing an SPA[1] authorizing his wife to mortgage his real property located in Signal Village, Taguig. He said that he was out of the country when the SPA was executed on June 17, 1996, and...