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Jury trial for man accused of license fraud begins
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Posted on Jul 06 2023
The jury trial for a man accused of license fraud is set to begin today at the U.S. District Court for the NMI.
The jury trial for Bonifacio “Boni” Sagana is set to begin today at the District Court for the NMI with a jury selection.
According to court documents, the U.S. District Court for the NMI issued an arrest warrant for Sagana following a grand jury indictment back on Jan. 31, 2022, on the charge of conspiring with others to unlawfully produce a CNMI driver’s license.
Sagana fled the CNMI before he could be arrested and was only taken into custody last May 16, 2022, in Wisconsin.
Sagana was allegedly identified by other defendants facing the same charges as the person who arranged for them to fraudulently obtain a CNMI driver’s license using a counterfeit U.S. immigration visa number.
According to documents from the Eastern District Court of Wisconsin, Sagana, a U.S. permanent resident, appeared at an initial hearing on May 16, 2022, before judge James R. Sickel.
The charge against Sagana is punishable by up to a maximum sentence of 15 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
