Assistant U.S. Attorney Beverly R. McCallum, the prosecutor, filed the indictment against Haydn L. Villegas.
Haydn Villegas and unindicted co-conspirator, Ana Maria Villadiego Villegas, also known as Anna Marie V. Villegas or Mary Ann, were co-owners of Philippine Express Remittance, the indictment stated.
It did not mention the relationship between Haydn Villegas and Ana Maria Villegas.
They transmitted remittances from the CNMI to the Philippines by using the services of Philippine National Bank Foreign Exchange, the indictment stated.
It added that the two were co-owners of three Saipan bank accounts.
Beginning on or about Nov. 2004 and continuing to and including at least Jan. 17, 2007, the indictment said Haydn Villegas, Ana Maria Villegas and another unindicted co-conspirator, Armilaine Salamat, also known as Armilaine
Legaspi Lizama or Armie Salamat, “knowingly conspired and agreed with each other…to commit wire fraud.”
This involved some 50 worthless checks in the amount of $109,585.33, the indictment stated.
Last July, Salamat, the former manager of PNB Express Remittance Center, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of wire fraud. She has yet to be sentenced.
