Nelia D. Lozano, 66, signed a voluntary departure agreement on Feb. 24 and agreed to leave the CNMI within 30 days. She will purchase her own ticket or have her previous employer pay her repatriation ticket.
Lozano will be denied entry into the CNMI for three years from her departure.
She has agreed to obtain a new passport from the Philippine Consulate General and bring the passport to the Attorney General’s Office.
It will be returned to her at the airport on her scheduled departure.
The defendant entered the commonwealth as a nonresident contract worker.
She entered into a plea agreement with the government on Sept. 30, 2008 and pleaded guilty to document fraud.
Associate Judge David A. Wiseman sentenced her to one year imprisonment, all suspended except for 60 days to be served under house arrest. She was also placed on one year supervised probation or until she departs the CNMI.
She was subjected to several court conditions, including cooperating in the prosecution of her co-defendants in other cases related to this matter, pay a fine of $500 and a $25 assessment fee.
The Attorney General’s Office said she forged or fabricated a false job certification for a worker using a false notary stamp to satisfy a labor and immigration requirement in January to March last year.
On April 9, 2008, she was charged with three counts of document fraud, three counts of conspiracy to commit document fraud, and one count of attempted unlawful employment of an alien.
In exchange for her plea, the government agreed to dismiss the other charges against her with prejudice.
Assistant Public Defender Matthew Holley represented the defendant while Special Assistant Attorney General Joseph J. Przyuski appeared on behalf of the government.
The defendant was arrested with seven other defendants who were charged separately for conspiracy and document fraud.
