From here, an entirely new unit exists to serve Airmen." "The symbolic gesture illustrated that this is the consolidation of three unique organizations whose common denominator is the service they provided - and will continue to provide - to Air Force personnel. "Although AFPC was not inactivated, it was important to illustrate that the center did not simply absorb manpower and services," Lilly said. Lesley Lilly, ceremony project officer, said. The ceremony, formal recognition of the June 1 tri-agency consolidation, prominently featured the symbolic furling and unfurling of the AFPC flag as well, Capt. Jones, Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services, inactivated the Air Force Manpower and Air Force Services agencies, designating them as directorates of the Air Force Personnel Center. Flores, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney in the District of the Northern Mariana Islands.During a formal ceremony July 17, Lt. The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and prosecuted by Albert S. “Let this be a clear message that there will be serious consequences for those who exploit our immigration system by engaging in these elaborate fraud schemes.” “A&A Enterprises went through great lengths to defraud the United States Government and potential beneficiaries of the CW-1 visa program,” says HSI Honolulu Special Agent in Charge John F. We will continue to bring those who abuse the CW-1 program to justice.” “Our office is actively targeting this activity in the CNMI. “Casupanan is the final defendant to be held accountable in this complex investigation and prosecution,” stated United States Attorney Anderson. Nario was previously sentenced on February 4, 2022, to serve 21 months of incarceration in a federal prison. Rather than provide full-time employment to these foreign workers as required under the CW-1 program, Casupanan and Nario demanded the foreign workers find their own employment in Saipan and then pay A&A Enterprises a biweekly tax of $194. Nario, president of the company, and Casupanan, the accountant and business manager, operated this business which profited from the submission of more than 100 fraudulent CNMI-Only Transitional Worker (CW-1) visas.Īs part of the scheme, Casupanan recruited foreign workers from the Philippines and in the CNMI, and then forged documentation for submission with their CW-1 applications. In January of 2019, Casupanan along with Alejandro Tumandao Nario created A&A Enterprises, a manpower agency business incorporated on the island of Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The Court also ordered 2 years of supervised release following imprisonment, 40 hours of community service, and a mandatory $100.00 special assessment fee. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant Mylene Basco Casupanan, age 42, from the Republic of the Philippines was sentenced in the United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands to 18 months imprisonment for Conspiracy to Defraud the Unites States in violation of 18 U.S.C.
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