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(a) Facts: A private hospital cashier, entrusted with petty cash for daily operations, secretly diverts 6,000 pesos daily from the petty cash fund to his personal account for 12 consecutive days (June 3–June 14). He records fictitious “reimbursement” entries to conceal the losses. The discrepancy is discovered on June 15, prompting charges for estafa through deceit. Are the acts described a continuous (continuing) crime? (b) If yes, state the governing doctrine and the elements that make a crime continuous; (c) 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.