U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Alex R. Munson sentenced James Vincent Santos to 41 months jail term with credit for time served.
Upon his release from imprisonment, Santos will serve a three-year supervised release subject to several court conditions.
Munson also ordered Santos to make restitution to Marpac in the amount of $521,813.40 and pay a $100 special assessment fee immediately after the sentencing.
The federal court also acknowledged the defendant’s willingness to forfeit the $10,000 bond toward his restitution and any other jewelry or items in his possession that can be sold to help complete the required compensation.
The court ordered that the defendant’s luxury items be delivered to a U.S. probation officer for processing.
The court granted the defense motion that Santos be allowed to surrender himself at the U.S. Marshal’s Service office on Guam once a prison facility has been designated.
The defendant appeared with his counsel Colin Thompson.
The federal government, represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Beverly McCallum, recommended 37 months imprisonment and three years supervised release and restitution.
The defense recommended 33 months imprisonment.
The court prohibited Santos from incurring new credit charges or from opening additional lines of credit without the approval of the probation officer.
He is also required to provide the probation officer access to any requested financial information.
He must not commit another federal, state or local crime, must not possess controlled substance and must refrain from any unlawful use of a controlled substance.
He must submit to one drug test in 15 days after his release, and two periodic tests thereafter.
Santos is prohibited from possessing firearms or other dangerous weapons. The court also ordered him to complete 300 hours of community service.
Santos’ sentencing was originally set for Dec. 11, 2007, but it was reset eight times.
According to the prosecution, between Jan. 2003 to April 2006, Santos made unexplained cash deposits totaling to $521,813.40 into four separate bank accounts.
The prosecution stated that he “devised a scheme and artifice to defraud Marpac and for obtaining money and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises.”
Marpac, a franchisee of Anheuser-Busch, is the island’s distributor of beer products.
Santos pleaded guilty to mail fraud in Sept. 2007.
