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Vincent Toeava

Former DHSS employee Vincent Toeava
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The mastermind behind the food stamp fraud scheme who pled guilty to 2 counts of forgery was sentenced last week to 14 years - straight sentence. In delivering his decision for Vincent Toeava last Friday morning, Chief Justice Michael Kruse said that it was difficult for...
Former DHSS employee Vincent Toeava
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The third co-defendant in the food stamp fraud case is scheduled to appear in court next month for sentencing, after his plea agreement with the government was accepted last week. Vincent Toeava, who has been in custody since his arrest early last year, unable to post a...
Liren Zhang, a.k.a Kevin
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the co-defendants in the food stamp fraud case was released from custody last Friday, after the High Court sentenced him to 7 years of probation. Liren Zhang, a.k.a Kevin was in TCF custody since his arrest, unable to post a $450,000 surety bond. He appeared in...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Spencer Toeava was remanded back to custody yesterday morning, per order of Chief Justice Michael Kruse who noted that the value of the vehicle used as surety to release Spencer is less than the court-ordered $20,000 bond. "This is not a numbers game," Kruse said...
A January 2018 file photo of Liren Zhang a.k.a Kevin
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The plea agreement for one of the three defendants in the Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) Food Stamp scheme was discussed behind closed doors at the High Court last Friday. Samoa News is unable to report on the conditions of the plea agreement between the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Government attorney, Robert Morris is complying with a court order issued by Chief Justice Michael Kruse last week, to turn over by June 1, all discovery in the case of one of the defendants in the food stamp fraud case; if not, “there are consequences” of failure to...