Republic of the Philippines

Department of Justice
OFFICE OF THE CITY PROSECUTOR
Bacolod City
GONZAGA REALTY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION,
Complainant,
- versus -

I.S. No. __________________

GINA MARIE A. MIAG-AO,

Respondent.
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AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESS
(Cheryl May A. Serisola)
I, CHERYL MAY A. SERISOLA, of legal age, Filipino, with office
address at 3rd Flr. St. Therese Bldg., Rizal St., Bacolod City, after being duly
sworn in accordance with law, hereby depose and state that:
1.
I am the internal auditor of GONZAGA REALTY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION (hereinafter referred to as GRDC or the
Corporation), a corporation duly organized and existing under and by
virtue of the laws of the Republic of the Philippines with principal address at
St. Therese Bldg., Rizal St., Bacolod City, which is the private complainant
in the above-entitled case.
2.
I am executing this affidavit as witness and in support of the criminal
complaint filed by GRDC against Respondent GINA MARIE A. MIAGAO, charging said respondent with the crime of ESTAFA WITH ABUSE
OF CONFIDENCE defined and punished under Art. 315(1)(b) of the
Revised Penal Code.
3.
GRDC is engaged in the business of real estate development, and
is the developer of Marville Subdivision located at Barangay Granada,
Bacolod City.
4.
As part of her duties as Documentation and Processing Clerk,
Respondent MIAG-AO was entrusted with the task of processing various
transactions related to the real estate business of GRDC, such as but not
limited to, the transfer of titles to properties sold by the Corporation before
the Register of Deeds, payment of taxes and fees before the Bureau of
Internal Revenue and the Local Assessors Office, payment of installation
fees for water and electrical utilities for the housing units sold by GRDC
with BACIWA and CENECO, and the like. In line with her work and in the
course of her employment with GRDC, Respondent MIAG-AO received in
trust from GRDC various amounts of cash on several occasions, under the

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obligation and duty to deliver and pay such amounts to designated payees on
behalf of GRDC.
5.
On October 27, 2015, I was directed by GRDCs President, Mr.
Alexander J. Gonzaga, to conduct an audit of all disbursements released to
Respondent MIAG-AO for the processing and documentation tasks that
were entrusted to her.
6.
Among the vouchers I examined as part of the audit include the
following:
(a) Check Voucher No. 32857 dated September 4, 2015, showing
that Respondent MIAG-AO received the amount of P20,292.00
from GRDC, for the specific purpose of paying the said amount
to BACIWA on behalf of GRDCs clients as installation fees for
water connection in the houses the clients purchased from
GRDC at Marville Subdivision. A copy of Check Voucher No.
32857 is attached as Annex B to the Complaint-Affidaivt
executed by the GRDCs Sales and Marketing Officer Ms.
Marissa M. Sondon.
(b) Check Voucher No. 32858 dated September 4, 2015, showing
that Respondent MIAG-AO received an amount of P13,200.00
from GRDC, with the specific directive to pay the said amount
to CENECO for the application for electrical connection of
several houses in Marville Subdivision purchased by certain
buyers from GRDC. A copy of Check Voucher No. 32858 is
hereto attached as Annex C to the Complaint-Affidaivt
executed by Ms. Sondon.
7.
Based on my audit of corporate records, total disbursements
amounting to P97,101.42 were received by Respondent MIAG-AO but were
not accounted for with covering official receipts documenting the payments
of said disbursements to the designated payees. I submitted partial audit
results I prepared to Mr. Gonzaga after the same was checked by Ms.
Sondon. Copy of the partial audit results I prepared is attached as Annex F
to the Complaint-Affidavit executed by Ms. Sondon.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto fixed my signature on
___________________ in _______________________.

CHERYL MAY A. SERISOLA

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CERTIFICATION

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this __ day of ______________,

2016 in Bacolod City.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have personally examined the affiant and

I am satisfied that she has voluntarily executed this Affidavit and has
understood the contents thereof of her own personal knowledge.

Investigating Prosecutor