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Question 18
18. Metropolitan Waterworks Sewerage System (MWSS) employee Japar was often
assigned to do field work. Every time he does field work, he accomplishes a
disbursement voucher for the amount that he needs and liquidates the voucher by
submitting receipts to the MWSS cashier, Filomena, at the end of the day. One
day, another MWSS employee, Jonas, desperately needed ₱230,000. Taking the
same disbursement voucher that Japar habitually signs in the morning, Jonas
filled it out with the amount that he needed. He then forged the signature of Japar
before presenting it to Filomena, who in turn released the stated amount. After
some time, Filomena noticed that the voucher remained unliquidated. When
Filomena showed the voucher to Japar, the latter swiftly returned it, telling
Filomena that the signature appearing in the voucher was not his. Filomena then
realized that Jonas was the one who presented the voucher and took the money.
When confronted, Jonas readily admitted to the act. He was eventually convicted
of Malversation. Was the conviction of Jonas proper? Explain.
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