Ex-convict pleads guilty to immigration doc fraud
An ex-convict facing an immigration document fraud case pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court yesterday.
Steven Romie Aguon and counsel Michael Evangelista signed a plea agreement with the U.S. government.
Aguon pleaded guilty to count one of the indictment charging him with immigration document fraud.
U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona set Aguon’s sentencing for May 25, 2012, and remanded him into the custody of the U.S. Marshal.
Assistant U.S. attorney Beverly McCallum appeared for the U.S. government.
According to the indictment, on Dec. 2, 2009, Aguon made a false statement to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in a petition for an alien relative. Aguon allegedly stated that he was married and that Linlin Song was his wife. Aguon allegedly knew the statement was false as he had already divorced Song on Feb. 23, 2009.
In October 2010, Superior Court then associate judge Ramona Manglona imposed a two-year prison term on Aguon for sexual abuse of a minor.
