FOLLOWING a stipulation for dismissal with prejudice submitted by MD Mahamadul Hasan, Triple K Corporation — doing business as Global Security Agency — and its principal, Maria Rizallie S. Punzalan, the federal court directed the clerk of court to close the case.
Last year, Hasan, represented by attorney Joseph Horey, sued the company for breach of contract, violations of the Commonwealth Employment Act, and fraudulent misrepresentation.
Hasan sought an order for restitution, an undetermined amount of damages, reasonable attorney’s fees, and the cost of the suit.
In a stipulation for dismissal with prejudice filed on March 19, 2025, the parties stated that they had reached a settlement.
All claims against the defendants shall be dismissed, with the plaintiff and defendants each bearing their own attorneys’ fees and costs.
According to the stipulation, Hasan has acknowledged payment in full by the defendants of the settlement amount, which was for general damages, and he shall be responsible for the payment of his own taxes, if any.
The stipulation also stated that “plaintiff and defendants mutually release and discharge one another of all claims, known and unknown, that they have, had, or may have had, arising out of or related to their former employment relationship.”
Attorney Michael Dotts represented the defendants.
On March 21, 2025, Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona of the District Court for the NMI directed the clerk to close the case based on the stipulation of the parties.
The allegations
From about July 5, 2019, to about June 9, 2023, Hasan said he was employed by the defendants as a security guard.
“Throughout that time, plaintiff was regularly and primarily posted to guard the premises of Marianas Pacific Distributors Inc., commonly known as Marpac, a wholesaler and beverage distributor located in Gualo Rai,” his lawsuit stated.
It claimed that the defendants “regularly paid plaintiff for his work at a rate of less than $7.25 per hour.”
For their failure to pay Hasan’s lawful wages, the defendants “are liable to plaintiff, pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 216(b), in the amount of his unpaid minimum wages, his unpaid overtime compensation, an additional equal amount as liquidated damages, and reasonable attorney’s fees,” the lawsuit stated.
“Each year, from 2019 through 2023, plaintiff entered into a valid and binding verbal employment contract with defendants, in which defendants agreed to pay plaintiff at the prescribed minimum wage rate for his labor, and at 1.5 times that rate for his overtime work,” the lawsuit stated.
It added that Hasan performed all duties on his part to be performed under his contracts, but “defendants failed to pay wages to plaintiff at the rates provided in their employment contracts.”
“As a consequence of defendants’ breach of their employment contracts with plaintiff, defendants are liable to plaintiff for contract damages pursuant to CNMI common law,” the lawsuit stated.
Hasan also alleged that the defendants collected fees from him in the total amount of $3,300, “upon the representation that they would use the funds to apply for and renew a CW-1 visa for him.”
“Defendants’ representations were knowingly false when made, and were made for the purpose of deceiving plaintiff and enriching defendants at plaintiff’s expense. Plaintiff reasonably relied on defendants’ misrepresentations to his detriment. As a consequence of the foregoing, plaintiff is entitled to damages from defendant for fraudulent misrepresentation,” the lawsuit stated.
