English teacher 嘆願d 有罪の in Japan 財政上の 詐欺 事例/患者

HONOLULU (AP) - A man who taught English at a 井戸/弁護士席-known chain of foreign language schools in Japan pleaded 有罪の Tuesday to defrauding his students out of more than $230,000.

As part of a 嘆願 を取り引きする 検察官,検事s, Rick Mikaele pleaded 有罪の to mail 詐欺 and impersonating a 連邦の officer or 従業員.

Mikaele, who was a Nova teacher, told two students he could get them a high 率 of return by putting their money into a First Hawaiian Bank 証明書 of deposit, によれば an 起訴,告発. He then sent them 偽の bank 声明s and a 偽の letter to make it look like the U.S. 内部の 歳入 Service was 需要・要求するing $7,000 in 税金s for 利益(をあげる) earned on the money, the 法廷,裁判所 文書 said.

Mikaele collected nearly $128,000 from one student and nearly $109,000 from another, the 起訴,告発 said.

He didn't open any CDs with the money, Mikaele said in 法廷,裁判所. He said he sent them 偽の First Hawaiian Bank 声明s. He also falsified IRS logos to send them 偽の letters directing them to mail money to a 私的な Hawaii mailbox he 得るd "to see if I could get more money," from them, he said.

The 起訴,告発 said Mikaele is from Waimanalo, Hawaii. In 法廷,裁判所, 弁護 弁護士/代理人/検事 Steve Cedillos said Mikaele travels between Hawaii and Japan, where he and his wife run a concert 昇進/宣伝 商売/仕事.

宣告,判決ing is scheduled for June 7, but Cedillos said his (弁護士の)依頼人 will need more time to raise about $236,000 in restitution with the concert 昇進/宣伝 商売/仕事. His wife recently gave birth in Japan, Mikaele said.

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