San Nicolas said he has accepted a job offer on Guam.
“Defendant Haydn Villegas would be best served if another attorney were to represent him given the fact that I will be relocating to Guam within the very near future,” San Nicolas said.
Villegas’ jury trial starts on Feb. 28, 2011.
He has denied the charges.
Villegas and his spouse, Ana Maria Villadiego Villegas, were co-owners of Philippine Express Remittance that transmitted remittances from the CNMI to the Philippines by using the services of Philippine National Bank Foreign Exchange, the indictment stated.
This involved some 50 worthless checks in the amount of $109,585.33 from 2004 up 2007.
The jury trial of Mrs. Villegas has yet to be scheduled.
Mrs. Villegas was indicted on one count of conspiracy, and two counts of wire fraud. She has denied the charges.
Mrs. Villegas’ co-defendant, Armilaine Salamat, has admitted participating in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud.
Salamat will testify in the jury trial of Mrs. Villegas.
