Visiting Senior Judge Michael A. Ponsor of the District of Massachusetts scheduled Reksid’s sentencing for Jan. 25, 2012.
Reksid will remain out bail. He earlier issued a $25,000 unsecured bond after his indictment last November.
Reksid, a former Brownsfield program manager, is facing a maximum prison term of 10 years and a maximum fine of $250, 000.
At 9:47 a.m., Friday, the court was notified that jurors had reached a verdict after deliberating since Thursday afternoon.
Ponsor ordered Reksid referred to the U.S. Probation Office for investigation and report. The presentence investigation report is due on Dec. 23, 2011.
Assistant U.S. Attorney James J. Benedetto represented the government during Friday’s hearing as Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric S. O’Malley, the prosecutor, was off-island.
O’Malley earlier told jurors Reksid extended three benefits to the project contractor, AMPRO: favorable treatment on invoicing, recommendation for extension, and improper routing of an amended contract.
Reksid was represented by court-appointed attorney Mark B. Hanson.
Among the prosecution’s witnesses were then-Secretary of Finance and now Lt. Gov. Eloy Inos, former DPL Secretary John Del Rosario and EPA special agent Michael Janiga.
Inos and Del Rosario testified they neither saw nor signed the 2009 “contract” that was awarded to AMPRO, owned by John Scott, to complete the Marpi ordnance cleanup and clearing project. AMPRO was awarded a one-year contract in 2007 for the initial and preparatory phases of the cleanup which was for the Marpi homestead project.
Reksid asked $3,000 from Scott, the prosecution said.
Scott, on Guam at that time, remitted the amount to Reksid’s bank account on Saipan on Feb. 12, 2009.
Scott testified he provided a “short-term loan” to Reksid, whom he described as “friend” who was in a “family crisis.” Scott said he lent the money “out of compassion.”
Scott said Reksid needed cash for the “funeral expenses” of the defendant’s brother.
The defense said Reksid did not ask for a bribe and that the defendant was being scammed at that time by an individual supposedly in Ivory Coast.
In a statement, United States Attorney Alicia Limtiaco said: “The Department of Justice and United States Attorney’s Office are committed to enforcing our laws that protect the public’s trust and faith in the integrity of our government. Ordinary citizens and community members should be able to rely on and expect that government officials will exercise their duties with honesty and integrity. When government officials breach that public trust and violate laws, including soliciting and receiving things of value in return for being influenced in the performance of their official duties, the Department of Justice and United States Attorney’s Office commit to holding public officials accountable who abuse or misuse their office or misspend taxpayer dollars.”
