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Woman in bank fraud gets 7-day time served sentence
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Posted on Jun 19 2020
The federal court has imposed a seven-day time served sentence on a woman who pleaded guilty to gaining access to her mother’s savings account through fraud and using $12,208 for her own use.
At a sentencing hearing last June 12, U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona placed Janee Marie Famy Babauta on three years of supervised release. Babauta was ordered to pay a $100 fine and perform 50 hours of community service. That service will be waived if she finds a job. A restitution hearing will be held on June 26, 2020.
Bruce Berline, who served as her court-appointed counsel, called to the witness stand the defendant’s mother.
Assistant attorney general Garth Backe represented the U.S. government.
Last September, Babauta pleaded guilty to bank fraud.
According to the indictment, between March 20 and April 15, 2019, Babauta used her mother’s personal identifying information in order to gain access and control of her mother’s Bank of Guam savings account. The defendant then withdrew about $12,208 for her own use through online transfers, transactions, and purchases.
