Samoan pleads guilty in $60K scam

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Samoan pleads guilty in $60K scam

Residents seek restitution after delegation’s visit with Cortez officials
Samoa Ambassador Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia meets local residents at the Ute Mountain Casino during a dinner for the delegation in 2013. Standing at right is Leroy Lafaialii Mariner, who faces restitution claims of $60,000 in an online distance learning scam.
Montezuma County Commissioner Keenan Ertel bends Leroy Mariner’s ear in 2013.
Leroy Mariner, left, chats with a Samoan education minister during a trip to Cortez in 2013.
Leroy Mariner, left, poses with Samoan Ambassador to the United States and Ute Mountain Ute Chairman Manuel Heart, right, at a reception in Towaoc in 2012.

Samoan pleads guilty in $60K scam

Samoa Ambassador Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia meets local residents at the Ute Mountain Casino during a dinner for the delegation in 2013. Standing at right is Leroy Lafaialii Mariner, who faces restitution claims of $60,000 in an online distance learning scam.
Montezuma County Commissioner Keenan Ertel bends Leroy Mariner’s ear in 2013.
Leroy Mariner, left, chats with a Samoan education minister during a trip to Cortez in 2013.
Leroy Mariner, left, poses with Samoan Ambassador to the United States and Ute Mountain Ute Chairman Manuel Heart, right, at a reception in Towaoc in 2012.