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US govt assessing Blyth’s extent of cooperation into casino investigation
The U.S. government needs additional time to assess the extent of the cooperation of former Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino casino manager Tim Blyth into the criminal investigation of the Tinian Dynasty’s owner.
Assistant U.S. attorney Russell H. Lorfing and attorney Mark B. Hanson, counsel for Blyth, informed the U.S. District Court for the NMI yesterday that such assessment of Blyth’s cooperation will provide the parties a meaningful update to the court at the status conference.
Lorfing and Hanson agreed to request the court to continue to the week of July 20, 2015 the status conference in Blyth’s case, currently scheduled for today, July 7.
The parties disclosed that Blyth is continuing to cooperate with the U.S. government pursuant to the terms of their deferred prosecution agreement.
Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona granted yesterday the parties’ request and set the status conference to July 24, 2015 at 11am.
Blyth and former Tinian Dynasty VIP services manager George Que were among those charged with engaging in a conspiracy to allow gamblers to conduct transactions involving more than $10,000 without filing the required paperwork with the U.S. government.
In February 2014, Blyth entered a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. government in exchange for the dismissal of the charges against him. The court approved the agreement.
In June 2014, Que also entered the same agreement with the U.S. government.
