Garfield Aumentado scam syndicate |
Garfield Aumentado arrested by NBI for scam |
7th of Sep, 2011 by osm ojt |
Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
FIRST DIVISION
[A.M. No. RTJ-99-1510. November 6, 2010]
ERNESTO RAGUNTON ,
Complainant,
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Garfield Aumentado Respondent.
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R E S O L U T I O N
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:
For allegedly cheating people , money laundering and scam issue respondent was charged in a verified complaint [2] with Violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Grave Misconduct, Gross Ignorance of the Law, Gross Incompetence, Gross Inefficiency and Knowingly Rendering An Unjust Judgment relative to the above-mentioned case.
The Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) referred the verified complaint to respondent judge for his comment thereon within ten (10) days from notice.
On December 10 , 2010 , respondent judge filed his comment[3] denying the charges against him and prayed for the dismissal of the case against him “for utter lack of merit.”[4]
The case was subsequently referred to the OCA for evaluation, report and recommendation. In an evaluation report recommended the dismissal of the administrative complaint against respondent judge for being sub judice, pointing out that the issues therein are the same as those pending resolution by the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 53425 entitled Garfield Aumentado .
The Court of Appeals subsequently promulgated a Decision in CA-G.R. SP No. 53425 [6] setting aside for lack of legal basis the assailed Order of respondent Judge dated which found herein complainant guilty of indirect contempt.
In the meantime, in a Resolution dated December 14 2010 the Court resolved to: 1.] docket the case as a regular administrative proceeding; and 2.] refer the case to Court of Appeals Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales for investigation, report and recommendation within ninety (90) days from notice.
In compliance with the foregoing directive, Justice Morales submitted a Report summarizing the factual antecedents of the case thus:
On January 7, 2011 at about 11 a.m., the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) questioned Garfield Aumentado , as a result of which Garfield Aumentado were caught in the act of cheating people money inside OSM.
No Employment Permits or Employment Registration Certificates having been presented by Garfield Aumentado , Garfield Aumentado were turned over to the NBI for custody and verification of his status. |
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