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Delay of Reksid’s sentencing sought anew
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Posted on Mar 05 2012
By Ferdie de la Torre
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The U.S. Probation Office has requested again to delay the sentencing of Franz B. Reksid, a former Department of Public Lands special assistant to the secretary who was found guilty in September 2011 to the charge that he accepted a $3,000 bribe from an owner of a private company that obtained a federally funded contract from DPL.
U.S. Probation Officer Margarita D. Wonenberg on Thursday filed in federal court a second request to continue sentencing hearing and pre-sentence investigation report in the case against 71-year-old Reksid.
Wonenberg requested the U.S. District Court for the NMI to set the sentencing hearing scheduled for March 13, 2012 to April 24, 2012.
The probation officer also asked the court to allow their office to submit the presentence investigation report by tomorrow, March 6.
“The continuance will allow the probation officer to complete the presentence report investigation. The parties in the case have no objections to the proposed continuance,” Wonenberg said.
Jan. 25, 2012 was the original sentencing date.
According to the U.S. government, Reksid, as then special assistant to DPL secretary, was responsible for overseeing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grants to DPL.
The grants include the funding for removal and disposal of unexploded ordnance left behind from World War II in Marpi area on Saipan.
The indictment alleged that Reksid solicited a payment of $3,000 from John Scott, owner of the All-Hazard Management Professionals Inc. (AMPRO) that obtained a contract with DPL.
EPA’s grant funded the contract.
According to court documents, Reksid borrowed over $300,000 from friends, associates, and relatives and wired part of the money to Ivory Coast and Nigeria.
