PASAY CITY – The Regional Trial Court of Pasay City (RTC Pasay City) has dismissed all pending cases against Nerizza “Neri” Miranda related to the Dermacare/Beyond Skin Care Solutions scheme.
In a copy of an Order dated February 12, 2025 and obtained just yesterday, Branch 112 of RTC Pasay City ordered the dismissal of the syndicated estafa complaint against Miranda upon motion of the Office of the City Prosecutor of Pasay City, which found no probable cause to indict Miranda upon reinvestigation sought by her legal counsel.
In describing the insufficiency of the criminal complaint filed against Miranda, Acting Presiding Judge Ronald August L. Tan said in the Order: “Glaringly, the private complainants never alleged being defrauded by [Miranda]….More mind-boggling is that private complainants never asserted having personally transacted with or handed over money to [Miranda]….Therefore, the evidence presented indeed fails to establish that [Miranda] committed the crime of Estafa, moreso, Syndicated Estafa.”
In an earlier Order dated January 20, 2025, Acting Presiding Judge Gina M. Bibat-Palamos of RTC Pasay City Branch 111 also directed the dismissal of the complaints filed against Miranda for violation of the Securities Regulation Code (Republic Act No. 8799).
“We thank the courts for clearing the name of Neri Miranda, who has unmistakably been falsely accused of wrongdoing in the Dermacare case. We hope that this issue will be put to rest as regards to Neri, so that instrumentalities of the law can focus on bringing the true perpetrators of the Dermacare scam to justice,” said Atty. Aureli Sinsuat of FLO Attorneys-at-Law, co-counsel for Neri Miranda.
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