A Guam media executive was under house arrest yesterday in Guam and was facing extradition to Hawai'i, where he is wanted for allegedly stealing money from a landscaping company.

Evan Daniel Montvel-Cohen, 42, was arrested Tuesday at Guam International Airport upon his return from the Philippines on a $75,000 warrant stemming from an April 15 O'ahu grand jury indictment charging him with first- and second-degree theft, fraudulent use of a credit card, second-degree forgery and money laundering.

Montvel-Cohen, managing director of Sorensen Media Group and president of Lotus Media Services, has an extradition hearing scheduled for June 27 in the Superior Court of Guam.

The alleged offenses committed in Hawai'i occurred from June through November 2005 while Montvel-Cohen was business manager for Ultimate Innovations Inc., a Waimanalo landscaping company.

According to KUAM-TV, Montvel-Cohen is accused of falsely stating that he paid Ultimate Innovation's state general excise tax of $30,000, causing the company to incur penalties for nonpayment; making personal charges of $30,000 on a company credit card without permission of owner Brian Vidinhar; and stealing $300 from a company petty cash fund.

Montvel-Cohen is a co-founder of the Air America radio network.