The U.S. Probation Office has requested again to delay the sentencing of Franz B. Reksid, a former Department of Public Lands special assistant to the secretary who was found guilty in September 2011 to the charge that he accepted a $3,000 bribe from an owner of a private company that obtained a federally funded contract from DPL.<\/p>\n
U.S. Probation Officer Margarita D. Wonenberg on Thursday filed in federal court a second request to continue sentencing hearing and pre-sentence investigation report in the case against 71-year-old Reksid.<\/p>\n
Wonenberg requested the U.S. District Court for the NMI to set the sentencing hearing scheduled for March 13, 2012 to April 24, 2012.<\/p>\n
The probation officer also asked the court to allow their office to submit the presentence investigation report by tomorrow, March 6.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe continuance will allow the probation officer to complete the presentence report investigation. The parties in the case have no objections to the proposed continuance,\u201d Wonenberg said.<\/p>\n
Jan. 25, 2012 was the original sentencing date. <\/p>\n
According to the U.S. government, Reksid, as then special assistant to DPL secretary, was responsible for overseeing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grants to DPL.<\/p>\n
The grants include the funding for removal and disposal of unexploded ordnance left behind from World War II in Marpi area on Saipan.<\/p>\n
The indictment alleged that Reksid solicited a payment of $3,000 from John Scott, owner of the All-Hazard Management Professionals Inc. (AMPRO) that obtained a contract with DPL.<\/p>\n
EPA\u2019s grant funded the contract.<\/p>\n
According to court documents, Reksid borrowed over $300,000 from friends, associates, and relatives and wired part of the money to Ivory Coast and Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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