Originally Posted by
Juan Martinez
in my opinion, if it was consummated, the impostor could have been charged with estafa thru falsification. the complex crime of stafa through falsification of documents is committed when one has to falsify certain documents to be able to obtain money or goods from another person. in other words, the falsification is a necessary means of committing estafa.
Now, even if the impostor failed to get what he wanted (thus, no damage on you part yet), considering there was already perversion of the truth, he could be charged with falsification of public documents under 172 (1) RPC. In this case, it is not necessary that there be damage on your part because mere falsification of a public document is already crime. Accdg. to the SC,
it is unnecessary that there be present the idea of gain or the intent to injure a third person, for the reason that the principal thing punished is the violation of the public faith on the public document. Such confusion in its records evidently operates to the Government's prejudice.
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