U.S. Deputy Marshals served on Tuesday an arrest warrant on a man who is indicted in federal court for allegedly lying to a federal officer. <\/p>\n
Guo Hua Lu pleaded not guilty on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Attorney Benjamin Petersburg appeared as court-appointed co-counsel for Lu. Assistant U.S. attorney James Benedetto appeared for the government. <\/p>\n
U.S. District Court for the NMI Magistrate Judge Heather L. Kennedy set the jury trial for Jan. 10, 2017.<\/p>\n
After the hearing, Lu was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal. <\/p>\n
According to the indictment, on Oct. 6, 2016, Lu lied to Diplomatic Security Services special agent Vincent Carpenter on Saipan. <\/p>\n
According to the indictment, Lu arranged for the preparation of a fraudulent notarial certificate for Shi and he allegedly admitted fixing the application form.<\/p>\n
WeChat text messages between Lu and Shi allegedly showed she (Shi) sent him her U.S. visa, official Chinese identification card, and a passport-sized photo, at Lu\u2019s request.<\/p>\n
The Chinese identification card number and the passport-sized photo were allegedly used in the preparation of the fraudulent notarial certificate.<\/p>\n
A prior passport application for a previous client of Lu containing a notarial certificate of single status that he prepared was also determined to be fraudulent. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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