IPI has no respect for court rulings, USA Fanter says

The response comes after IPI claimed USA Fanter Corp had overcharged the casino operator.

Northern Mariana Islands.- USA Fanter Corp has accused Imperial Pacific International of having no respect for the federal district court’s rulings after the casino operator accused it of having overcharged for work.

USA Fanter sued IPI over unpaid work at its casino in the Northern Mariana Island. IPI paid USA Fanter US$300,000, leaving an unpaid balance of around $2m, which the court has ordered it to pay.

However IPI requested a civil engineering firm conduct a third-party professional assessment. That assessment claimed that USA Fanter was demanding $2.7m work valued at $454,433.

USA Fanter President Guocao Qian stated: “IPI demonstrates that it has no respect for the federal district court’s rulings because these issues were decided by Chief Judge Ramona Manglona after a four-day bench trial held in June 2020 and again on February 3, 2021, in the court’s decision and order granting plaintiff partial summary in favour of USA Fanter for $2,089,345.28.”