More evidence in the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance fraud case has now been handed over to defense attorneys.  According to a Jan. 30 status report filed in the District Court of Guam, assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Petersburg says prosecutors completed a review of three hard drive extractions and made them available to the defendants.

Defense counsel for three of the accused provided storage devices to the U.S. Attorney’s Office to receive the data, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation assisting in the transfer.

Those completed transfers were delivered to attorneys for Charissa Tenorio and Winnie Jo Santos, while a third transfer for tina sanchez was still in progress and expected to be delivered shortly.

The case involves seven defendants accused of participating in a scheme that allegedly filed about $1.9 million in fraudulent PUA claims.

Among those charged are Lieutenant Governor Joshua Tenorio's sister Charissa Tenorio, Frankie Rosalin, the father of her children and Matthew Topasna, his partner. 

The trial is scheduled for September 22.

Judge Michael Bordallo has ordered both sides to file status reports on their discovery review by February 19. Pretrial motions are due in mid-July, with a pretrial conference set for September 11.

All seven defendants have pleaded not guilty and were released under court-imposed conditions.