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PEOPLE vs Vicente Medina Lapis, Angel Mateo, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. VICENTA MEDINA LAPIS, ANGEL MATEO, AIDA DE LEON (at large) and JEAN AM-AMLAW (at large), appellants.

G.R. Nos. 145734-35 | 2002-10-15

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Illegal recruiters prey on our gullible and impoverished people by inveigling them with false or fraudulent promises of attractive employment in foreign shores. Such vultures deserve the full sanction of the law.

The Case

Vicenta Medina Lapis and Angel Mateo appeal the March 6, 2000 Joint Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati City (Branch 138), finding them guilty beyond reasonable doubt of illegal recruitment and estafa. The dispositive portion of the Decision reads as follows:

WHEREFORE, the Court rules -

1. In Criminal Case No. 99-1112[,] accused Vicenta Medina Lapis and Angel...