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    Tanzo vs. Hon. Drilon

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    Harry Tanzo invested $34,000 with brothers Manuel and Mario Salazar for their business forwarding packages from the US to the Philippines. They promised to return his investment plus 10% interest after 30 days. When Tanzo demanded the return of his money after 30 days, the Salazars made excuses and did not return it. Tanzo filed an estafa complaint, but prosecutors dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction. Tanzo appealed but the Secretary of Justice also dismissed due to the incident occurring in the US. The court ruled this was a loan agreement, not estafa, as Tanzo did not prove deceit beyond the Salazars simply not repaying the loan.

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    Harry Tanzo invested $34,000 with brothers Manuel and Mario Salazar for their business forwarding packages from the US to the Philippines. They promised to return his investment plus 10% interest after 30 days. When Tanzo demanded the return of his money after 30 days, the Salazars made excuses and did not return it. Tanzo filed an estafa complaint, but prosecutors dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction. Tanzo appealed but the Secretary of Justice also dismissed due to the incident occurring in the US. The court ruled this was a loan agreement, not estafa, as Tanzo did not prove deceit beyond the Salazars simply not repaying the loan.

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    Harry Tanzo invested $34,000 with brothers Manuel and Mario Salazar for their business forwarding packages from the US to the Philippines. They promised to return his investment plus 10% interest after 30 days. When Tanzo demanded the return of his money after 30 days, the Salazars made excuses and did not return it. Tanzo filed an estafa complaint, but prosecutors dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction. Tanzo appealed but the Secretary of Justice also dismissed due to the incident occurring in the US. The court ruled this was a loan agreement, not estafa, as Tanzo did not prove deceit beyond the Salazars simply not repaying the loan.

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    Tanzo vs. Hon. Drilon

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    Harry Tanzo invested $34,000 with brothers Manuel and Mario Salazar for their business forwarding packages from the US to the Philippines. They promised to return his investment plus 10% interest after 30 days. When Tanzo demanded the return of his money after 30 days, the Salazars made excuses and did not return it. Tanzo filed an estafa complaint, but prosecutors dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction. Tanzo appealed but the Secretary of Justice also dismissed due to the incident occurring in the US. The court ruled this was a loan agreement, not estafa, as Tanzo did not prove deceit beyond the Salazars simply not repaying the loan.

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    HARRY TANZO vs. HON. FRANKLIN M. DRILON, in his capacity as Secretary of Justice, MANUEL J. SALAZAR and MARIO J.

    SALAZAR G.R. No. 106671 March 30, 2000 SECOND DIVISION DE LEON, JR., J
    FACTS: Private respondents are brothers who were engaged in the business of forwarding and transporting "balikbayan" boxes from California, U.S.A to Metro Manila, Philippines. Manuel J. Salazar managed the Philippine side via MANSAL Forwarders, a business registered in his name with principal office at No. 48 Scout Tobias Street, Quezon City. On the other hand, Mario J. Salazar handled the U.S. side of the forwarding business as General Manager of M.J.S. International, Inc., a corporation with principal office at No. 3400 Fletcher Drive, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Sometime in February of 1989, while he was in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Mario tried to convince him to invest some money in the said business. Mario had allegedly represented that petitioner's money will be held in trust and administered by both him and his brother for the exclusive use of their forwarding and transporting business. Petitioner further alleged that Mario promised him a return on his investment equivalent to ten per centum (10%) for one month, at the end of which, his money plus interest earned shall be returned to him. When petitioner returned to the Philippines, it was Manuel's turn to persuade him to part with his money under the said investment scheme. Eventually convinced by the private respondents' representations and assurances, petitioner agreed to invest the total amount of US $34,000.00 which he entrusted to his aunt, Liwayway Dee Tanzo, who was residing in the U.S.A. Thus, petitioner issued several personal checks made out to Liwayway Dee Tanzo.Except for California Federal Check No. 322 which was encashed by Mario himself, private respondents received the proceeds of the above checks through Liwayway Dee Tanzo on several occasions in August 1989. Upon the expiration of the thirty (30) day investment period, petitioner demanded from Mario in the States and Manuel in Quezon City proper accounting of his financial investment and/or the return of his capital plus interest earned. At the outset, private respondents avoided their obligation to petitioner by making various excuses but after persistent demands by the latter, Manuel finally admitted that their shipments had encountered some problems with the Bureau of Customs. When private respondents continued to ignore petitioner's demand for the return of his money, the latter filed, on June 31, 1991, a complaint-affidavit for estafa against private respondents before the Office of the Quezon City Prosecutor . In a resolution dated September 4, 1991 the prosecutor dismissed the said complaint on the ground that "[t]he Quezon City Prosecutor's Office has no territorial jurisdiction over the offense charged as it was committed not in Quezon City, Philippines."7 Petitioner's motion for reconsideration of the said resolution was denied by the prosecutor on the same ground. Petitioner then filed a petition for review of the dismissal of his complaint for estafa against private respondents with then Secretary of Justice, Franklin M. Drilon. On April 10, 1992, Acting Secretary of Justice, Eduardo G. Montenegro dismissed the said petition for reason that the incident complained of took place in the United States, and under Article 2 of the Revised Penal Code, our courts have no jurisdiction over offenses committed outside the territory of the Philippines. Dissatisfied, petitioner sought a reconsideration of the above resolution. However, the Secretary of Justice denied petitioner's motion for the same ground. ISSUE: Is Estafa present in the case? RULING:The true nature of the contract between petitioner and private respondents was that of a simple loan. In such a contract, the debtor promises to pay to the creditor an equal amount of money plus interest if stipulated. It is true that private respondents failed to fulfill their promise to petitioner to return his money plus interest at the end of one month. However, mere non-compliance of a promise to perform a thing does not constitute deceit because it is hard to determine and infer a priori the criminal intent to the person promising. In other words, deceit should be proved and established by acts distinct from and independent of, the non-compliance of the promise, and this, petitioner failed to do. The petition is hereby DISMISSED.
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