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Cobalt Resources Inc. vs. Atty. Aguado

COBALT RESOURCES, INC., COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. RONALD AGUADO, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 10781 | 2016-04-12

DECISION
 
PER CURIAM:
 
This is an administrative complaint for disbarment filed by Cobalt Resources, Inc. (CRI) against respondent Atty. Ronald C. Aguado (Atty. Aguado) before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) for violation of Rules 1.01 and 1.02 of the Code of Professional Responsibility and the lawyer's oath.

The Antecedents

In its Complaint,[1] CRI alleged that on March 5, 2010, a group of armed men, clad in vests bearing the mark "PASG" and pretending to be agents of the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG), hi-jacked its delivery van which was then loaded with cellular phones worth P1.3 million;...