Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

12th Judicial Region
Branch 2
Iligan City

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,

Plaintiff, CRIM. CASE NO. 08282
NPS NO.X-06-INV-010A-0037

-Versus-

For: ESTAFA THRU

FALSIFICATION
OF PUBLIC DOCUMENT
SOPHIE G. KINGSTON,
Accused,

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INFORMATION
The undersigned Associate Prosecution Attorney II accuses Sophie G.
Kingston of the crime of Estafa thru Falsification of Public Document, defined and
penalized under Article 315, paragraph 2, in relation to Article 172 and Article 48
of the Revised Penal Code, committed as follows:

That on or about February 14, 2019 in Iligan City,

Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court,
the above-named accused SOPHIE G. KINGSTON a low
ranking public officer, being an employee of the City Assessor’s
Office, Iligan City, while in the performance of her official
function, committing the offense in relation to her office, and
taking advantage of her official position, conspiring and
confederating with one DONITA L. ROSE, a private citizen and
helping each other, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and
feloniously defraud one RUTH H. KUNEHO thru BONGBONG
G. MARCOS in the following manner, to wit: the said accused
received from said RUTH H. KUNEHO thru BONGBONG G.
MARCOS the amount of ₱260,000.00 for the purpose of paying
the Capital Gains Tax on a real estate property which
complainant bought in Iligan City, with the Bureau of Internal
 Revenue (BIR), forge and falsify or cause to be forged and
falsified BIR Official Receipt No. 1234567, in the amount of
₱202,810.00 as payment of Capital Gains Tax of said RUTH H.
KUNEHO by making it appear that they paid said amount of
₱202,810.00 with the BIR, when in truth and in fact, accused
fully well knew that there was no payment made with the BIR
and did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and criminally take,
convert and misappropriate for their own personal use and
benefit the aforesaid amount of ₱260,000.00, Philippine
Currency, to the damage and prejudice of said RUTH H.
KUNEHO in the aforesaid sum.

CONTRARY TO LAW.

Cagayan de Oro City, July 19, 2019.

HERSHEYS B. BALISCO
Associate Prosecution Attorney II

Approved:

HABIBI O. SIMBA
City Prosecutor

BAILBOND RECOMMENDED: PHP 100,000.00

WITNESSES:

1. Blue Schylla Damoso – c/o BIR, Iligan City

2. And others.

C E R T I FI CAT I O N
 This is to certify that as shown by the records the undersigned, an authorized
officer, that there is a reasonable ground to believe that a crime has been
committed and that the accused is probably guilty thereof; that the accused was
informed of the complaint and of the evidence submitted against her and was given
an opportunity to submit controverting evidence.

HERSHEYS B. BALISCO
Associate Prosecution Attorney II

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this July 19, 2019 in the City
of Iligan, Philippines.