{"id":19295,"date":"2011-09-30T05:35:25","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T05:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newspaper.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=19295"},"modified":"2011-09-30T05:35:25","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T05:35:25","slug":"15-month-sentence-pushed-for-woman-in-fake-credit-cards-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/15-month-sentence-pushed-for-woman-in-fake-credit-cards-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"15-month sentence pushed for woman in fake credit cards scam"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Clarissa V. David
\nReporter<\/div>\n

Assistant US Attorney James Benedetto recommended a 15-month prison sentence for a Chinese national arrested on Saipan on charges of using fake credit cards.<\/p>\n

In his sentencing memorandum, Benedetto said the government will recommend an imprisonment term at the low end of the guidelines range, which is 15 to 21 months, for Wing Yee Tse.<\/p>\n

Tse, also known as Wing Yen Tse, pleaded guilty to two counts of access device fraud and two counts of misuse of immigration document as part of a plea deal.<\/p>\n

The U.S. government further recommended that the court impose a three-year term of supervised release, an assessment fee of $100 for each count, and appropriate terms of supervised release for Tse.<\/p>\n

The sentencing memo also noted the federal government’s response to Tse’s objections to the pre-sentence investigation report.<\/p>\n

The memorandum stated, among other responses, that there is no merit to Tse’s contention that \u201call of the fraudulent conduct.was committed inside the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cQuite to the contrary, by defendant’s own admission, she was recruited in Hong Kong, and given detailed instructions about where to travel, what her role in the scheme was vis-\u00e0-vis her co-conspirators, what type of merchandise to buy, who to surrender it to, and what her cut would be,\u201d Benedetto explained.<\/p>\n

The government also disagreed with Tse’s assertion that she \u201cis a good parent.\u201d \u201cGood parents do not embark upon criminal enterprises in foreign countries and thereby risk lengthy periods of separation from their children due to their incarceration.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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