Micronesian citizen sentenced for attempted illegal reentry in Guam

United States Attorney’s Office
District of Guam

September 2, 2026
Hagåtña, Guam – SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that Kopich Chutaro a.k.a. Osama Chutaro, age 23, a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), was sentenced on August 27, 2026, in the District Court for Guam to serve six months and 21 days followed by transfer to immigration authorities for immediate deportation. Chutaro pled guilty to Attempted Reentry of Removed Alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1). The Court also ordered three years supervised release, and a $100 special assessment fee.

On February 9, 2026, Kopich Chutaro a.k.a. Osama Chutaro, arrived at the Guam International Airport from Chuuk State, FSM. During the immigration inspection, he presented an FSM passport bearing the name “Kempy Akachang” and sought admission into the United States under the Compact of Free Association. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers determined that Chutaro had a prior deportation for an aggravated felony and referred him to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) for further review.

HSI agents later confirmed that Chutaro had been deported from the United States on July 22, 2024, following a felony conviction on Guam. According to court records, he was convicted in December 2022 on two counts of theft by receiving and sentenced to five years of imprisonment, with all but 15 months suspended. An immigration judge later ordered Chutaro removed from the United States based on his aggravated felony conviction.

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations – Guam and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Rosetta L. San Nicolas in the District of Guam.

This prosecution is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF Guam comprises agents and officers from ICE-HSI, FBI, ATF, CBP, CGIS, DCIS, DEA, IRS-CI, NCIS, USMS, USSS, USPIS, USCIS and local law enforcement with prosecution being led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

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