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ESTRELLA R. SANCHEZ, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. NICOLAS C. TORRES, M.D., RESPONDENT.

ESTRELLA R. SANCHEZ, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. NICOLAS C. TORRES, M.D., RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 10240 | 2014-11-25

EN BANC
 
DECISION

PER CURIAM:

Before us is a Complaint1 dated November 24, 2011 for disciplinary action against respondent Atty. Nicolas C. Torres (Atty. Torres) filed by Estrella R. Sanchez (Sanchez) with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Commission on Bar Discipline (IBP-CBD), docketed as CBD Case No. 11-3241, now A.C. No. 10240, for violation of Batas Pambansa Bilang 22 (B.P. 22) and non-payment of debt.
 
In her complaint, Sanchez claimed that she is a friend and close acquaintance of Atty. Torres. That in 2007, Atty. Torres asked Sanchez to lend him money in the amount of Two Million Two Hundred Thousand Pesos...