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OAG files 7 charges vs ex-Saipan Mayor Office’s staff
Defendant pleads not guilty
The Office of the Attorney General has filed seven criminal charges against Florence Tina Reyes Concepcion, a then-employee of the Saipan Mayor’s Office who allegedly illegally collected payments for marriage application and filing fees from several applicants.
At yesterday’s arraignment in Superior Court, the 43-year-old Concepcion, through counsel Bruce Berline, pleaded not guilty to three counts of forgery and four counts of theft by deception.
Presiding Judge Robert Naraja set a status conference for Sept. 10, 2014, at 9am before Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho.
Assistant attorney general Heather Barcinas appeared for the government at the hearing.
Investigators from the Office of the Attorney General Investigative Division arrested Concepcion last July 25 on charges of theft, theft by deception, theft by failure to make required disposition of fund received, and misconduct in public office.
According to Attorney General Investigative Division investigator Urbano D. Babauta Jr., the total amount of money collected from five couples or 10 persons involved in Concepcion’s transactions is about $420.
Concepcion is on a pre-trial release after she posted a $1,000 cash.
