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Yuzon vs. Atty. Agleron

ILUMINADA D. YUZON, COMPLAINANT, V. ATTY. ARNULFO M. AGLERON, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 10684 | 2018-01-24

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
This administrative case arose from a Complaint[1] filed by Iluminada Yuzon Vda. de Rodriguez (Iluminada) before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Commission on Bar Discipline (IBP-CBD) seeking to disbar Atty. Arnulfo M. Agleron (Atty. Agleron), for misappropriating the amount of P582,000.00 which the respondent lawyer received in trust from the complainant.
 
Complainant's Position
 
Iluminada alleged that sometime on December 23, 2008, she gave Atty. Agleron the amount of Php400,000.00, and on January 12, 2009, the amount of P600,000.00 in Managers Check,...