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Man who allegedly tried to fly to US using fake papers indicted
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Posted on Jul 29 2011
An indictment was filed Thursday in federal court against a Chinese national who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last week as he tried to check-in for an outbound flight to Los Angeles, California, via Narita, Japan, using allegedly fake documents.
Dongjun Li, 38, was indicted for immigration fraud and false statement or entry.
According to the indictment filed by assistant U.S. attorney Beverly R. McCallum in the U.S. District Court for the NMI, Li used a forged U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service Form I-512 on July 15, 2011, as evidence of authorized stay or employment in the U.S. It was dated May 20, 2011. The document was also accompanied by an authorization for extension of parole of alien in the U.S. dated July 11, 2011.
Li allegedly presented these forged documents when a Delta Air Lines representative asked the suspect for a visa as he was checking in at the Saipan International Airport for a trip to Los Angeles via Narita.
Li allegedly admitted having paid a private citizen over $1,000 in return for the false documents.
Li also allegedly presented to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the airport a false document—a CNMI application for marriage license and a record of marriage—that contained fraudulent statements.
The document allegedly indicated that Li and Pauline Manahane were married on May 10, 2011, although he knew that they were never married.
At the July 18 detention hearing, McCallum disclosed that, according to the U.S. Probation’s Office, Li had claimed to be married to a local woman, yet he could not remember her last name.
