Lucilie Tomokane said the misspelled words were “Neutralization,” “Extention,” “grated,” and the signature of the purported immigration officer who issued the travel documents of Dongjun Li made her call U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspectors to look further into the documents.
Tomokane was among the federal government witnesses on the first day of Dongjun Li’s jury trial.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Beverly McCallum is prosecuting the case while Dongjun Li is represented by court-appointed defense attorney Mark Scoggins.
Dongjun Li has denied charges of immigration document fraud, and false statement or entry.
U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona is presiding over the trial.
On or about July 15, 2011, the indictment stated, Dongjun Li presented Form I-512 suspected of being counterfeit to Delta Airlines personnel as he attempted to check-in for an outbound flight to Los Angeles via Narita, Japan.
Dongjun Li paid a private citizen over $1,000 in return for receiving false immigration documents that would allow him unlawfully to gain access to the states, the indictment said.
Authorities said Dongjun Li’s Form I-512 bore the imprimatur of both the defunct Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Department of Homeland Security. Additionally, the INS Form I-512 did not bear an alien file number.
The document erroneously indicated that INS co-existed with DHS. INS ceased to exist in 2003.
Dongjun Li also claimed he was married to Pauline Manahane on May 10, 2011, based on a presented CNMI application for marriage license and record of marriage, the indictment added.
