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CNMI seeks court’s letter to take testimony, obtain evidence abroad
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Posted on Sep 13 2011
The CNMI government has asked the U.S. District Court for the NMI to issue a letter of request to allow the government take testimony and obtain evidence abroad in its efforts to collect over $118 million in unpaid income tax plus interest on judgments against ComputerLand Corp. retail chain founder William H. Millard and his wife Patricia.
Attorney Michael S. Kim of Kobre & Kim LLP law firm stated in his declaration filed in District Court on Friday that the letter of request will assist the CNMI government in obtaining information relevant to proceedings as against the Millard couple.
Kim said in particular, this application is made in this court for the issuance of a request to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands for the obtaining of evidence in aid of these proceedings.
The Millards moved to Saipan in 1986. They left in August 1990 and their whereabouts have been unknown, until recently when the CNMI government’s lawyers and investigators tracked them on Grand Cayman Island.
In July 1994, the CNMI government obtained default judgments from the District Court against the Millards for a total amount of $36,636,094.21.
The accumulation of statutory interest, the total value of the two judgments has ballooned to the current $118,043,535.
The Fitial administration tapped in 2010 the services of Kobre & Kim law firm to collect the unpaid tax claim from the Millards.
