Former Saipan senator "Kiyu" implicated as 'big boss' of prostitution ring
A man awaiting sentencing for sex trafficking has implicated former Saipan senator and current Commonwealth Ports Authority board member Thomas “Kiyu” Villagomez as one of the alleged true organizers of prostitution conspiracy.
Defendant Wei Lin, through counsel Bruce Berline, filed a motion yesterday, requesting U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona to disqualify herself from his case as Villagomez is the judge’s brother.
As this developed, assistant U.S. attorney Garth R. Backe, counsel for the U.S. government, moved yesterday the District Court to file under seal all attachments to its reply to Lin’s memorandum in the case “for the reason that the attachments contain the names and personal identifying information of the victims in this matter.”
As of press time, Saipan Tribune was still trying to get comments from Villagomez.
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