A Saipan resident who took money from several guest workers by falsely stating that she could hire them directly was sentenced to 70 days in jail after admitting the charges.<\/p>\n
Lillian Duenas, 34, entered a plea agreement and pled guilty to one count of theft by deception and one count of criminal deception.<\/p>\n
The Attorney General’s Office charged her with 25 counts of theft, theft by deception, criminal deception and forgery.<\/p>\n
As part of her sentence, she was ordered to pay restitution to her victims amounting $7,306.<\/p>\n
Assistant Attorney General Marvin J. Williams said Duenas already paid $2,705 to six of her eight victims and will pay the balance after serving her term.<\/p>\n
Under the agreement, she won’t be eligible for parole.<\/p>\n
Court documents showed that Duenas, while an employee of Grace International Inc. informed several guest workers that she was authorized to hire them directly for a fee.<\/p>\n
The fee ranges from $300 to $2,555, which she collected mostly from overseas Filipino workers between July 1997 and January of 1998.<\/p>\n
Duenas is also charged with forgery when she forged a check on the account of Grace International Inc. amounting $846.<\/p>\n
She was ordered to pay fine of $750 and perform 250 hours of community work.<\/p>\n
Associate Judge Timothy Bellas also placed her under probation for 20 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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