Another Guilty Plea In Federal Police Corruption Investigation
When Ransen Taito walked into the U.S. District Court of Hawaii on Friday to plead guilty to felony conspiracy, he was about to roll over in a big way on his “aunty,” someone he trusted since childhood: Honolulu deputy prosecuting attorney Katherine Kealoha.
The plea was part of a corruption investigation by the U.S. Justice Department into Kealoha and her husband, Louis Kealoha, the former chief of the Honolulu Police Department.
The Kealohas are accused of framing a family member for the theft of their mailbox in an attempt to cover up alleged financial crimes. Another alleged scheme involves stealing nearly $150,000 from Taito and his younger sister, Ariana Taito, when they were minors.
Years after taking the Taitos’ money, court records say, Katherine Kealoha convinced Ransen Taito to lie to federal investigators and sign fraudulent documents to help her cover up the theft. Kealoha had told Taito his mother would go to jail if he didn’t lie, and Taito believed her.
Read more: http://www.civilbeat.org/2018/01/another-guilty-plea-in-federal-police-corruption-investigation/
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