Judge dismisses criminal case vs ex-hemodialysis technician

Defendant agrees to pay CHCC over $10,819 in phone calls she made to her boyfriend in Chuuk
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Superior Court Presiding Judge Robert C. Naraja has dismissed the theft case filed against a former hemodialysis technician who made several long distance personal calls to Chuuk State, where her boyfriend lives, using the fax machine at the Commonwealth Health Center.

Naraja dismissed with prejudice the case against Carmen Lisua Eina at the request from the Office of the Attorney General and the defendant. That means the government cannot re-open the case anymore.

The information charged Eina with one count of theft for making unauthorized long distance phone calls from a CHC fax machine between October 2010 and January 2011.

Assistant attorney general Heather P. Barcinas and Chief Public Defender Douglas Hartig, counsel for the 37-year-old Eina, agreed to ask the court to dismiss the case after Eina agreed to pay a $10,819.10 judgment in favor of the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp.

Eina has agreed to pay $100 per month to CHCC until the judgment is paid in full.

CHCC’s civil lawsuit against Eina contained the same allegations.

According to assistant attorney general Reena J. Patel in the lawsuit, Eina resigned on Feb. 7, 2011, and did not pay nor offer to pay the costs of these unauthorized long distance phone calls.

Ferdie De La Torre | Reporter
Ferdie Ponce de la Torre is a senior reporter of Saipan Tribune. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and has covered all news beats in the CNMI. He is a recipient of the CNMI Supreme Court Justice Award. Contact him at ferdie_delatorre@Saipantribune.com

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