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Immigration document fraud lands woman in prison
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Posted on Jun 07 2012
By Ferdie de la Torre
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The federal court has imposed a four-month prison term and four-month home detention on a woman who was found guilty of immigration document fraud.
U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona placed Rowena Agnes Urumelog on three years’ supervised release and required her to, among other conditions, pay a $100 court assessment fee.
Urumelog was allowed to remain free until a prison facility is designated for her. She was represented in the case by attorney Mark Hanson.
A federal jury found the 42-year-old Urumelog guilty of lying in her petition for her second husband, a Bangladeshi national, when she stated that she has never filed a similar petition before.
Last March, Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph M. Camacho dismissed a criminal case filed against Urumelog, who, while drunk, allegedly assaulted a man at her residence in Garapan.
Camacho dismissed without prejudice the criminal case charging Urumelog with assault and battery, and disturbing the peace.
Dismissal without prejudice is when a case is dismissed but the government is allowed to re-file a new case on the same claim in the future.
Camacho dismissed the case after the Office of the Attorney General moved to drop the case as the alleged victim and the only other witness moved to Hawaii.
When the incident happened, Urumelog was still awaiting her sentencing in federal court for immigration document fraud.
