PASAY CITY — In a significant legal victory, all criminal cases against businesswoman Nerizza “Neri” Miranda linked to the controversial Dermacare/Beyond Skin Care Solutions investment scheme have been dismissed by Pasay City courts, her legal team announced Thursday.
The Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 112, in an order dated February 12, 2025, dismissed the syndicated estafa complaint against Miranda after the Pasay City Prosecutor’s Office found “no probable cause” to charge her. This followed a reinvestigation sought by her lawyers. Acting Presiding Judge Ronald August I. Tan emphasized in the ruling that complainants failed to link Miranda directly to alleged fraudulent transactions.
“Glaringly, the private complainants never alleged being defrauded by [Miranda],” Judge Tan stated. “More mind-boggling is that private complainants never asserted having personally transacted with or handed over money to [Miranda]. The evidence presented indeed fails to establish that Miranda committed the crime of Estafa, moreso, Syndicated Estafa.”
This follows an earlier January 20, 2025 order by RTC Branch 111 Acting Presiding Judge Gina M. Bibat-Palamos, which dismissed separate complaints accusing Miranda of violating the Securities Regulation Code (Republic Act No. 8799).
Miranda’s legal counsel, Atty. Aureli Sinsuat of FLO Attorneys-at-Law, hailed the rulings as a vindication. “We thank the courts for clearing Neri Miranda’s name. She has been unmistakably falsely accused in the Dermacare case,” Sinsuat said. “We hope this ends the baseless accusations against her, allowing authorities to focus on holding the true perpetrators accountable.”
The dismissals mark a turning point in a case that had drawn scrutiny over Miranda’s alleged role in the investment scheme, which reportedly defrauded thousands of investors. While the courts have absolved Miranda, investigations into the scam’s masterminds remain ongoing.