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Govt seeks deportation of worker convicted of forging company checks
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Posted on Apr 09 2006
The Division of Immigration has filed a deportation case against an alien worker convicted for forging checks to steal money from her employer.
Immigration Investigator Nicolas Reyes said Elizabeth Romero, a Filipino, is a deportable alien.
Superior Court Associate Judge David A. Wiseman ordered Romero to appear in court on April 27 at 1:30pm and explain why she should not be deported from the CNMI.
Reyes said the respondent was issued a nonresident worker’s entry permit on Jan. 18, 2005 that expired on July 6, 2005.
Reyes said Romero pleaded guilty to two counts of forgery last month in Superior Court.
The investigator said the respondent has no pending Labor case.
Associate Judge Juan T. Lizama accepted Romero’s plea and sentenced her to five years in prison, all suspended except four days.
Lizama gave Romero credit for the time she already served in jail.
The judge placed the defendant on five years of probation and required her to pay $2,254 in restitution.
Romero was ordered to perform 120 hours of community work service and submit to counseling evaluation at the Community Guidance Center.
In May 2005, the Attorney General’s Office charged Romero with six counts of forgery by forging checks to defraud her employer, WM Engineering Services LLC, in 2005.
The defendant signed a plea agreement with the government. She admitted committing two counts of forgery.
The agreement stated that on Jan. 31, 2005 and March 15, 2005, Romero forged two checks in the amount of $829.50 and $235. She was the company’s administrative assistant at that time. (Ferdie de la Torre)
