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A branch cashier of a private electronics retailer secretly diverts daily cash receipts from customer payments into his personal savings account over a continuous period of 31 days (April 1–April 30). Each day, he withdraws 2,150 pesos and posts a falsified “sales adjustment” entry to conceal the loss. The discrepancy is discovered on May 1, prompting charges for estafa through deceit. Are the acts described a continuous (continuing) crime? If yes, state the governing doctrine and the elements that make a crime continuous; If the acts are a continuous offense, determine the proper single charge, explain how the penalty should be computed, and describe how the prescriptive period runs in relation to the first act and the last act of the series. If not, explain why the acts would be separate offenses and how liability would be affected.