March 12, 2009, MANILA, Philippines – Nearly 12 years after she was charged in court, a woman was convicted of large scale illegal recruitment and sentenced to life imprisonment.
In a 10-page decision dated March 10, Judge Thelma Bunyi-Medina of the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 52 ordered Milagros Mendoza to pay a fine of P100,000 and to shoulder the cost of the lawsuit.
Bunyi-Medina also directed Mendoza to return P161,000 and $4,000 to the four complainants who accused her of promising them jobs in a home for the elderly in the United States.
The four were among 13 people who claimed that Mendoza tried to recruit them between Nov. 25, 1995 to Feb. 20, 1997. They added that she was able to convince them to apply for jobs with her after she showed them documents that she owned a home care center in California.
However, a check with the Philippine Overseas and Employment Agency showed that Mendoza was not a licensed recruiter.
Her victims later sought the assistance of the National Bureau of Investigation that conducted an entrapment operation, resulting in Mendoza’s arrest and the filing of charges against her in 1997. - Erika Sauler, Philippine Daily Inquirer
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