Falsification o Qualified Theft?

I really need legal advice now for my ate.

My ate works in a school institution.She was assigned as the cashier. Over a year my ate pala was getting money from her collection secretly due to he financial needs until last week their chief finance officer found out. The total amount of the money declared was about 600,000.00 pesos. My Ate never denied it and she has no intentions to get away with it. In fact she made a proposal to the owner that she will pay thru salary deduction.

Now, the owner gave her an ultimatum to partially pay 260,000.00 pesos in one month.Her due date will be this july 15 and if she fail they file a case against her. She can't pay that big money on the spot as of now.

What will my ate do if they'll find a case against her like estafa?will she be in prison?even if she proposed to pay thru salary deduction?

I'm just so worried for her.

We have no other means to pay the partial amount on the said date.

May ultimatum po na maglabas ang ate ko nang 260k before July 16 at kung hindi makukulong siya. Nabasa ko po sa ibang thread na pwede siya na mag-counter affidavit para Falsification yung tama na charge at hindi Qualified Theft, pwede ba yun? Ano po pa ba ang magagawa namin para ma-lessen ang charge nang kaso?

Maraming salamat po.

the proper charge depends on how she was taking money.

I recommend that you beg, borrow, just do anything to get money for a settlement. offer of salary deduction is not a defense. if she is charged with qualified theft, it might be non-bailable.

Ang pagkuha niya kasi sa pera was pa unti-unti lng po hanggang sa umabot sa 600k.

Kung hindi po niya ma produce yung initial payment na 260k, pwede po mga appliances at bahay na lng niya ang ibigay sa complainant?

Kung qulaified theft po ang ma charge sa kanya, ilang taon po xa makukulong at ano po ba ang iba pang paraan na bumaba ang kanyang sentensya?

Maraming salamat po talaga sa advise niyo.

if qualified theft, it can be reclusion perpetua, and it is non bailable.

Maraming salamat po talaga sa replies nyo.

ask ko lang pu kasi sa ngayon pu nahaharap ako sa kasong qualified theft.. Yung lady guard pu namin ang nakitaan ng item n worth 1,989.. Dinawit nya pu ako at that time po hindi ko po alam ang gagawin sa sobrang takot kinausap po ako ng lady guard na aminin ko daw po na ako yung inutusan nya na kunin yun dhil naiipit na pu xa naawa pu ako sakanya kaya napapayag nya po ako ang sbi po kc sakanya ng investigador aminin lang daw pu yun wala daw pu mangyayari samin hndi daw pu kami kakasuhan iteterminate lang daw pu kami that time po akala ko chance ko na yun para makaalis ng company namin gusto ko na pu kc magresign dun dti pa nakakasagabal pu kc yung work ko sa pag'aapply ng ibang bansa kapag pu nagpapachange day off pu ako sa manager namin nagagalit pu xa kaya ayun pu nagkamali ako sa naging desisyon ko.. Anu pu ang dapat kong gawin? How do i prove na innocent pu ako? Pinagawa pu kmi ng statement at pinapirmahan pa pu samin kaya kahit po wala nakita ebidensya sakin may statement pu ako napirmahan.pahelp po ako atty..please po..