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Man found guilty of document fraud
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Posted on Oct 27 2011
A federal jury yesterday found Dongjun Li guilty of trying to sneak aboard a Los Angeles-bound flight using fake documents.
The 12 jurors found the 39-year-old Chinese national guilty of immigration fraud and false statement.
Li will be sentenced on Feb. 3, 2010 at 9am.
Alicia A.G. Limtiaco, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the NMI, said the document fraud was related to Li’s possession and use of fake parole documents when he tried to check in for a trip to California on July 15, 2011, at the Saipan International Airport.
Limtiaco said the false statement concerned Li’s use of a CNMI marriage record, when he was later questioned about his status by U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection officers. The marriage record falsely indicated that Li was married to a U.S. citizen.
“The case was investigated by the U.S. DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, with the assistance of Customs and Border Protection,” said Limtiaco in a statement.
Assistant U.S. attorney Beverly McCallum prosecuted the case. Court-appointed counsel, Mark Scoggins, served as counsel for Li.
The trial began on Tuesday. McCallum called eight witnesses. The defense did not present any witness. The jurors began their deliberations Wednesday afternoon and resumed yesterday morning.
Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona presided over the case.
