One-Woman Criminal Enterprise
Liehinahina Sullivan was described in court on March 29,2023, as a “one-woman criminal enterprise.” Good description of a fraudster who stole about $3.4 million in three different schemes using stolen identities using the guise of an altruistic humanitarian. In 2011, Sullivan established a non-profit...
Hoʻopunipuni
With tourism as the state’s biggest industry, Covid-19 threw Hawaii for a loop. In 2019, Hawaii had a record year bringing in 10.4 million tourists from all around the world. Businesses like Kanaka Maoli Hookupu Center, described as a Hawaiian Culture and Historical learning...
Means Justify The End
“The end justifies the means” is a phrase of Niccolò Machiavelli. It means that if a goal is morally important enough, any method of getting it is acceptable. “Morally” might have been a word that Martin Kao struggled with. When explaining to the U.S. District...
Impersonating What Should Be Sacred
No parent should have to bury their child. And no parent should have to worry that their deceased child’s identity has been stolen. It should be a place any fraudster would not go. But, unfortunately, that is the case for the two pairs of...