Olivos, who was charged with marriage fraud, pleaded guilty to one count of immigration document fraud.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk Schuler prosecuted the case while court-appointed attorney Colin Thompson represented Olivos.
U.S. District Court for the NMI Designated Judge Mark W. Bennett granted the motion for Olivos to remain at liberty under the conditions and terms previously imposed by the court.
According to the stipulated facts of the case, Olivos entered into a fraudulent marriage with a U.S. citizen on Sept. 14, 2001.
Olivos and the U.S. citizen had no intent to establish a life together, the plea agreement stated.
After five years, Olivos applied for a “green card.”
On Jan. 3, 2007, Olivos and his U.S. citizen spouse flew from Saipan to Guam to be interviewed by the U.S. Customs and Immigration Services regarding his green card application.
The following day, Olivos received his green card.
Olivos’s co-defendant, Maria Calipay Maderal Camacho, who was charged with arranging the fraudulent marriage, has denied the charges.
The court set her jury trial for May 3, 2010.
Olivos and Camacho were separately arrested by federal agents last January.
