Being a member of the criminal justice act panel of attorneys, Joseph James Norita Camacho told the federal court that he is willing to continue as court-appointed counsel for Feng Dong, who was charged with fraud with identification documents, such as the Social Security cards.
At the time of his arrest, Camacho said his client’s personal savings made him ineligible for a court-appointed attorney.
Feng Dong used his personal savings to post bail and to retain the services of Camacho.
Last month, Feng Dong’s initial legal retainer for Camacho’s services had been exhausted.
Feng Dong has submitted to the U.S. Probation Office a financial disclosure form indicating his financial assets and liabilities.
Camacho said he “believes that [Feng Dong] is entitled to a court-appointed attorney.”
Feng Dong was charged in Chicago with one count of conspiring to possess with intent to use and transfer unlawfully five or more Social Security cards from approximately late 2007 through approximately Dec. 15, 2010.
Ya Jing Pei, a co-defendant, was charged with possession with intent to unlawfully transfer five or more Social Security cards, and one count of transfer, posses and use, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person using an SS number on Jan. 18, 2011.
The defendants, who had denied the charges, have been released on a $25,000 unsecured bond.
