U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona is presiding over the trial.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Beverly McCallum, the prosecutor, has asked jurors to return a guilty verdict after the government rested its case.
The prosecution said Urumelog, a US citizen, married Md. Jahangir Alam, adding the couple had since divorced.
Urumelog then married Abdullah Al Mamun, who was the witness to the defendant’s marriage to Alam, the prosecution said.
The prosecution said Urumelog, also known as Rowena Agnes Urumelog Alam, made a false statement regarding an application for immigration benefits which the defendant denied.
Court-appointed defense attorney Mark Hanson argued that there’s no evidence pointing to his client’s guilt, since she did not sign U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Form I-130 which is a petition for alien relative – the government’s evidence.
Two lawyers, who prepared the forms in question, signed the documents.
There were “a lot of mistakes” on the accomplished USICS forms, Hanson told jurors.
Urumelog was taken into custody on Oct. 13, 2011 based on Manglona’s arrest order.
On or about July 6, 2009, Urumelog gave a false statement on her USCIS Form I-130 which is a petition for alien relative, the indictment stated.
It added that Urumelog gave a negative declaration to the application form, if the defendant had ever petitioned Abdullah Al Mamun “or another alien.”
Urumelog’s declaration was material to the determination by USCIS of Abdullah Al Mamun’s application for lawful permanent resident status, the indictment stated.
On or about Jan. 22, 2003, Urumelog filled a Form I-130 petition for alien relative “for then-husband Md. Jahangir Alam,” according to the indictment.
