GUAM Magistrate Judge Michael J. Bordallo has granted the request of Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric O’Malley, and scheduled a change of plea hearing for Peonie Cabrera for June 5 at 10:30 a.m.
Judge Bordallo also directed the clerk’s office to issue a summons for Cabrera to appear at the hearing.
Cabrera, the former CNMI Bar Association executive director, has been accused of fraudulently withdrawing cash from the bar association’s bank account and cashing checks owned by the CNMI Bar for her personal use.
She was also accused of making false and fraudulent representations to cause members of the CNMI Bar to make wire transfers of money into third-party payment accounts owned and controlled by the defendant, “which money was for her own personal use.”
On May 28, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Districts of Guam and the NMI charged Cabrera with two counts of bank fraud and two counts of wire fraud.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the offenses took place between April 2019 and May 2023.
According to O’Malley, Cabrera signed a plea agreement with the government and filed it in court on May 28. The plea was sealed by the court.
