CA affirms conviction of duo who extorted from family friends
MANILA - The Court of Appeals has affirmed the 2019 conviction of the Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) of two men found guilty of extorting from fellow Filipino-Chinese whom they even consider as family friends. Makati RTC Branch 137 had sentenced John Roel Cheng An and Alvin Go Tong to up to seven years imprisonment for robbery (extortion), which the CA upheld on September 15 "after a thorough and careful review of the records." "This Court is convinced that the prosecution has sufficiently proven beyond reasonable doubt appellants' guilt," the CA ruled. Separate char...
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