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HONOLULU – U.S. Attorney Clare E. Connors announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Hawaii collected $2,088,622.73
in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022

HONOLULU – U.S. District Court Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi sentenced David Akui-Cabanilla, III, 37, yesterday to 84 months of imprisonment for assaulting two federal officers at the Federal Detention Center.

HONOLULU – United States Attorney Clare E. Connors and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Steven Merrill announced that an information has been unsealed today charging Wilfred Tamayo Savella, 71, with charges stemming from the operation of a long running bribery scheme.

HONOLULU – Carey Mills, 47, of Hilo, Hawaii, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the federal government of program funds intended for COVID-19-related relief.

HONOLULU – After a four-week jury trial, a federal jury today found husband and wife Defendants Brian Ahakuelo and Marilyn Ahakuelo each guilty of conspiracy, wire fraud, and embezzlement for crimes committed while they were employed by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (“IBEW”) Local 1260.

HONOLULU – United States District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi sentenced a former supervisory correctional officer at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center, Jonathan Taum, age 50, on November 16, 2022, to three concurrent terms of imprisonment, the longest of which was 144 months, for his role in the assault of an inmate and his leadership of a multi-year conspiracy to cover up the abuse.

HONOLULU – After a two-week jury trial, a federal jury today found Defendants Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi (age 32) and Levi Aki, Jr. (age 33) each guilty of a hate crime for their racially motivated attacks on C.K., a white man.

HONOLULU – Brandon Charles Saffeels, 38, a former Maui Police Department officer, was sentenced for attempted child enticement

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HONOLULU – United States District Judge Jill A. Otake today sentenced Victor Aguilar, 66, of Kauai, Hawaii to 168 months of imprisonment and ten years of supervised release for two counts of possession of child pornography.