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Jaime S. Domdom Vs. Hon. Third and Fifth Division of the Sandiganbayan, Commission on Audit and The People of the Philippines

JAIME S. DOMDOM, Petitioner, versus HON. THIRD AND FIFTH DIVISIONS OF THE SANDIGANBAYAN, COMMISSION ON AUDIT and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents

G.R. Nos. 182382-83 | 2010-02-24

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

By Affidavit of February 15, 2002, Hilconeda P. Abril, State Auditor V of the Commission on Audit (COA) assigned at the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC), requested the Office of the Ombudsman to conduct a preliminary investigation on the transactions-bases of the claims of Jaime S. Domdom (petitioner) for miscellaneous and extraordinary expenses as a Director of PCIC, the receipts covering which were alleged to be tampered.[1]

After preliminary investigation, the Office of the Ombudsman found probable cause to charge petitioner with nine counts of estafa through falsification of documents...