A woman from DanDan who stole and forged almost $4,000 in refund checks has pleaded guilty to the offense and was given a suspended sentence.<\/p>\n
Associate Judge Juan T. Lizama suspended the imposition of sentence for Gloria A. Duenas after a plea agreement with the government.<\/p>\n
The sentence was suspended for 20 months on the condition that she pays $750 in fine, performs 120 hours of community work service and pays restitution to the victims.<\/p>\n
The Attorney General’s Office charged Duenas with three counts of theft and three counts of forgery on Aug. 1, 1997.<\/p>\n
The charges carry a jail sentence of five years and a fine of $5,000 for each count.<\/p>\n
Court documents showed that on three different occasions, Duenas took and cashed refund checks and converted them to her own use.<\/p>\n
The first incident was on Jan. 22, 1997 when Duenas took and cashed $1,580.54 refund check made out to Akira Yoshima. She signed the check with the name of the payee although she did not have any authority to do so.<\/p>\n
The other incidents happened on April 15 and June 4 of 1996 when she took and cashed two refund checks belonging to Keiji Mori. The checks were worth $1,106 and $1,312.03.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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