Designated Judge Robert Naraja said the jury trial of Armilaine Salamat, a.k.a. Armilaine Legaspi Lizama or Armie, will start on June 7, 2010.
Salamat was represented by her court-appointed attorney Loren Sutton.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Beverly McCallum is prosecuting the case.
Salamat and her co-defendant Ana Maria Villadiego Villegas, 42, a.k.a. Anna Marie V. Villegas or Mary Ann, have denied the charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and forfeiture.
Over $100,000 was involved in the fraudulent scheme discovered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with the assistance of the U.S. Internal Revenue Services, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Villegas was co-owner of Philippine Express Remittance while Salamat was at the time manager of Philippine National Bank Express.
Salamat and Villegas are currently out on bail.
The court set the jury trial of Villegas for May 3, 2010.
The indictment stated that the scheme to defraud began in 2004, when Villegas, then co-owner of Philippine Express Remittance, began passing checks drawn on insufficient funds to PNB Express.
Despite the eventual losses from Villegas’s worthless checks, Salamat continued to allow Villegas to transact many worthless checks at PNB Express, the indictment stated.
PNB took a total loss of approximately $109,855.33, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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