STO. DOMINGO, Nueva Ecija, May 8 (PNA) — The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday formally filed charges of large scale illegal recruitment against couple Ma. Cristina Sergio and Julius Lacanilao, both residents of Talavera town, before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Barangay Baloc here.
Sol Solis of the National Prosecution Service was assisted by Prosecutor Caesar Mustard of the Nueva Ecija Provincial Prosecutor’s Office in filing the information with about an inch thick supporting documents at around 2:20 p.m. Friday.
The case was docketed SD(15)-3666 with no bail recommended.
The complaint was signed by assistant state prosecutor Mark Roland Estepa.
Mustard did not speak on the details of the case but said there were 14 complainants in the case.
The couple were alleged to have recruited Marjy Jane Veloso, who is in jail in Indonesia for drug trafficking. (PNA)