JOE:
"FRAUD AND DECEPTION" BY A
"HUSBAND AND WIFE" DESPERATE TO
MAINTAIN STATUS AS "HONOLULU'S
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AGAINST LOUIS AND
KATHERINE
KEALOHA, WHO WERE ARRESTED BY
THE F-B-I
AND HIS
DEPUTY PROSECUTOR WIFE WERE
INDICTED
THOUSAND-DOLLAR BOND.
WITHOUT PAY. THEY -- ALONG WITH
RETIRED MAJOR GORDON
SELLERS -- WERE INDICTED --
ACCUSED OF
WORKING TOGETHER TO FRAME
KATHERINE'S
UNCLE, GERARD PUANA FOR MAILBOX
THEFT.
THEY ARE ACCUSING THE KEALOHAS
OF BANK
LIFESTYLE.
THIS IS AN INVESTIGATION WE'VE
BEEN FOLLOWING
REPORTS...
WE BEGIN WITH BRIGETTE NAMATA
WITH THE NEW
ACCUSATIONS BROUGHT TO LIGHT ..
BRIGETTE?
BRIGETTE:
THE F-B-I SPENT TWO YEARS
INVESTIGATING THE
THE KEALOHAS ACCUSED PUANA OF
STEALING THEIR
KATHERINE
STOLE MONEY FOR PERSONAL GAIN...
LIKE
CAR PAYMENTS FOR A MASERATI...
AND
SPENDING 26 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR
A BRUNCH.
The actions of the Kealohas and
members of an elite
police squad cast a shadow over
the Honolulu Police
Department - says the United
States Acting Attorney.
US ACTING ATTORNEY ALANA
ROBINSON: "But the
most troubling aspect of this
case is the way these
powerful defendants allegedly
manipulated the justice
conspiracy, obstruction, false
statements, and bank fraud.
The federal government alleges
the husband and wife
team swindled hundreds of
guardianship.
Why?
Katherine was appointed trustee
and guardian for two
She opened individual trust
accounts for the minors, ages
her about the trust
Wong, the fictional assistant,
sent emails to make it appear
relevant documents were being
prepared.
US ACTING ATTORNEY ALANA
ROBINSON:
Instead, the indictment accuses
Katherine of stealing
Between 2009 and 2010, the
indictment also alleges
grandmother, to pay for lavish
expenses.
Sheraton Waikiki for Louis's
police chief induction brunch,
US ACTING ATTORNEY ALANA
ROBINSON: "When
family members became concerned
about investments,
the Kealohas used their power
and influence to launch a
This is where, the federal
government alleges, Louis
and Katherine came up with an
elaborate scheme to frame
Intelligence Unit, the
indictment claims the group
falsely stated it was Puana who
stole the Kealoha's
mailbox with bank statements
inside.
SPECIAL AGENT PAUL DELACOURT:
"Every day, hard working men and
women of the Honolulu Police
BRIGETTE:
KATHERINE AND LOUIS KEALOHA ARE
DUE BACK IN
JOE:
THE ATTONEY FOR THE KEALOHAS
SAYS FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS ARE TAINTING PUBLIC
OPINION.
MANOLO:
JOE -- ATTORNEY MYLES BREINER
RELIABLE.
The Kealohas walked out of
federal court saying they will
eventually be vindicated.
louis Kealoha, Former HPD Chief:
"We appreciate the
continued community support and
we look forward to our
gina: "In your opinion what they
documents?"
Katherine Kealoha, Deputy
today and tells me that the
indictment presented in court
today lays out a lot of details
by federal investigators.
Myles Breiner, Attorney For
must be guilty otherwise why
would we have indicted her."
BREINER: "So by the time they
come into court it's
gonna be impossible to find a
panel of jurors that doesn't
HPD officer Niall Silva and
government to government agents
and to the grand jury and the
manolo: "Were the Kealohas even
having money
money problems it's all
relative no. As far as I'm
aware neither Kat Kealoha or
her husband had money problems
they both were
The attorney who represented
Puana in the
he was subject to the news for
two years where everybody
presumed he was guilty it's a
long time coming for them."
MANOLO:
I ALSO ASKED BREINER ABOUT
ALLISON LEE
WONG, WHO FEDERAL PROSECUTOR SAY
WAS A
FICTIONAL ASSISTANT THAT
KATHERINE KEALOHA
HAPPENED. JOE?
JOE:
THE CHARGES AGAINST THE KEALOHAS
COME
MORE THAN 4 YEARS AFTER THIS IS
ALL BEGAN.
IT WAS JUNE OF 2013, THAT THEY
REPORTED
WAS CALLED TO INVESTIGATE
ALLEGED CORRUPTION AT H-P-D
IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, HE
OFFICIALLY
RETIRED.
JOE:
THE INDICTMENTS TODAY PUT SOME
OF THE PUZZLE
BUT SOME MYSTERIES REMAIN.
GINA MANGIERI IS ALWAYS
INVESTIGATING AND JOINS
US NOW.
GINA, ONE OF THOSE, IS WHO STOLE
THE MAILBOX?
I ASKED THE FEDS THAT VERY
QUESTION TODAY.
ANSWERS.
01;18;01;47 GINA who took the
mailbox off the post if not
the previous alleged?
GINA through a continued
investigation?
ALANA i'm not at liberty to talk
about investigation 46
1;21;24;24 we know that already
certain pieces of
of evidence, things that could
have answered the question
about what happened to the
mailbox 21:41
MYLES:
have been prosecutEd or re-
prosecuted for the theft Of the
mailbox 904
GERARD PUANA BEING THE UNCLE
KATHERINE
DEPARTMENT CAN MOVE FORWARD?
SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM
HAPPENING.
OKIMOTO:
01;24;19;07 GINA: Sir if these
allegations are proven in
court, is the HPD equipped to
monitor itself and repair itself
from the inside, or do you think
HPD should have some
01;24;32;44 OKIMOTO: Right now,
I think that we have
division, any other district,
you need your personnel to be
held to a high standard, and you
need to supervise these
people to make sure that you
know what they're doing and
what they're not doing.
THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES TODAY
COULD BE IN THE CARDS.
SO WITHOUT THAT OVERSIGHT, WHAT
CAN
THE MAYOR OR POLICE COMMISSION
DO NOW?
TWO ATTORNEYS ON THE UNCLE'S
SIDE CALLED OUT
OFFICIALS INCLUDING THE MAYOR
AND POLICE
DIRECTLY CONTROL THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, AND
FIRING A CHIEF.
GINA:
FAR TODAY HAS
SELECTING A NEW CHIEF. BUT HAS
SAID NOTHING
YET AS TO WHETHER THEY'LL BE
DEMANDING
ANY KIND OF OPERATIONS OR
ACCOUNTABILITY
JOE:
THE OFFICERS INDICTED IN
CONNECTION WITH THE
KEALOHA CASE,
WERE ALL ASSIGNED TO H-P-D'S
CRIMINAL
ACTING
PERSONNELL, AND HE KEEPS TABS ON
THEM
SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK.
TENARI MAAFALA : STATE OF HAWAII
criminal intelligence unit are
swat or Narco vice you hear
my heart behind every badge is a
human being therefore we
are now not continue doing a job
because of what happened
here case in point no one is
including myself
JOE:
EIGHT OUT OF THE 20 COUNTS IN
THE
INDICTMENT AGAINST THE KEALOHAS
ARE FOR BANK
FRAUD.
KHON SAT DOWN WITH ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR AT
HPU AND FORMER CIRCUIT COURT
JUDGE RANDAL LEE
TO FIND OUT HOW BANK FRAUD IS
COMMITTED
RANDAL LEE, HPU ASSISTANT
income or you lie about your
employment and the bank
THE INDICTMENT ALSO CLAIMS
KATHERINE KEALOHA ALTERED
MONTHLY STATEMENTS
FOR A TRUST ACCOUNT, FALSELY
CLAIMING IT WAS
AGREEMENT CLAIMING THE KEALOHAS
RECEIVED
ON THE
KEALOHAS INVESTIGATION.. ON AIR
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