Munson informed Olivos of the criminal indictment filed by the U.S. government against him.
Munson ordered a court-appointed attorney for Olivos who had just came back to Saipan from the Philippines.
Olivos’s co-defendant, Maria Calipay Maderal Camacho, was arrested on Guam, according to a U.S. Marshal.
It was not immediately known if Olivos and Camacho were related.
Munson required Olivos to post a $10,000 bail in unsecured bond so he could talk to his lawyer. Olivos was also ordered to attend his arraignment today.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk W. Schuler is prosecuting the case.
Yesterday, Munson approved the U.S. government’s motion to unseal the case.
Munson issued a warrant for the arrest of Olivos and Camacho on Jan. 5.
Olivos and Camacho were charged by the grand jury for one count each of conspiracy to defraud the United States, and to commit immigration document fraud.
Records showed that on Sept. 9, 2005, and continuing through at least Jan. 4, 2007, Olivos, Camacho, and another U.S. citizen, “agreed together and with each other” to commit marriage fraud.
On Sept. 14, 2001, Olivos and the U.S. citizen entered into a fraudulent marriage in Saipan, the indictment stated.
It added that the marriage was arranged and witnessed by Camacho who also paid the U.S. citizen to marry Olivos.
According to the indictment, Olivos subsequently took steps to make the marriage appear legitimate by, among other things, opening a joint checking account with the U.S. citizen at a local bank.
Olivos also helped the U.S. citizen obtain a U.S. passport with the last name “Olivos,” the indictment stated.
On Sept. 9, 2005, Olivos signed an application for permanent residency.
On Sept. 27, 2005, the U.S. citizen who married Olivos, signed a petition for alien relative.
On Oct. 13, 2006, Olivos applied for a permanent resident card with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
On Jan. 3, 2007, Olivos and his U.S. citizen wife flew from Saipan to Guam, “where they were greeted by Camacho who drove them to the USCIS office on Guam to be interviewed on the application. “
On Jan. 4, 2007, Olivos received his permanent resident card.
On Aug. 17, 2007, Olivos divorced his U.S. citizen wife.
