U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona has ordered the detention of Mohammad Jahangir Miah who is facing new charges for his alleged involvement in a scheme of cashing fraudulent CNMI tax refund checks.<\/p>\n
In an order issued Thursday, Manglona determined that there is a serious risk that Miah will not appear in court hearings.<\/p>\n
There is also a serious risk that Miah will endanger the safety of another person or the community, particularly prospective witnesses, including the \u201ccooperating source,\u201d Manglona said.<\/p>\n
The judge remanded Miah to the custody of the attorney general or a designated representative for confinement at a corrections facility.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, the U.S. government and Miah\u2019s new court-appointed counsel, Colin Thompson, agreed to the postponement of a hearing scheduled that day on the prosecution\u2019s motion concerning a breach of plea agreement issue.<\/p>\n
The U.S. government filed the motion asking the court to declare Miah in breach of a plea agreement that he entered in connection with the driver\u2019s license scam case.<\/p>\n
On Aug. 19, 2011, Miah, one of the five suspects in a driver\u2019s license scam at the Department of Public Safety, pleaded guilty in federal court to a count of conspiring to unlawfully produce and transfer identification documents. He was placed on home confinement pending his sentencing.<\/p>\n
Last week, FBI agents arrested Miah after the U.S. government filed a criminal complaint charging him with conspiracy to commit bank fraud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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