THE Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed a lower court decision absolving one of the accused in the estafa complaints filed in connection with the multibillion peso Rasuman investment scheme.

In a 16-page decision penned by Associate Justice Priscilla Baltazar-Padilla and concurred in by Associate Justices Remedios Salazar-Fernando and Socorro Inting, the CA dismissed the appeal filed by the government as it upheld the order of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasig City, Branch 160.

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