News Releases 2015
12/30/2015: ATTORNEY GENERAL CHARGES WOMAN WITH WELFARE RECIPIENT FRAUD
12/22/2015: MORTUARY OWNER SENTENCED
12/08/15: FURLOUGH VIOLATOR CHARGED WITH ESCAPE
11/20/2015: FIGUEROA SENTENCED FOR TAKING VIDEOS IN WOMEN’S LOCKER ROOM
11/06/2015: STATE REPRESENTATIVE ANGUS McKELVEY AGREES TO PAY $2,000 FOR CAMPAIGN REPORTING VIOLATIONS
11/04/2015: RANDY FARINAS CHARGED WITH ESCAPE
10/16/2015: MORTUARY OWNER GUILTY OF THEFT
10/12/2015: DAVID SISOMBATH CHARGED WITH PROMOTING CHILD ABUSE FOR POSSESSING AND DISSEMINATING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
10/05/2015: JON HATAKENAKA CHARGED WITH ATTEMPED MURDER
10/01/2015: FORMER WAIANAE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH FELONY THEFT
9/30/2015: FINAL JUDGMENTS ENTERED AGAINST ONLINE TRAVEL COMPANIES FOR $53.1 MILLION IN GENERAL EXCISE TAXES
09/11/2015: GOT DRUGS? PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK EVENT IN SEPTEMBER
08/25/2015: REPRESENTATIVE JAMES TOKIOKA CHARGED WITH CAMPAIGN REPORTING VIOLATION
08/20/2015: RANGIE ALANGCAS SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR ELECTRONIC ENTICEMENT OF A CHILD
08/20/2015: FURLOUGH VIOLATOR CHARGED WITH ESCAPE
07/31/2015: HONOLULU POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
07/29/2015: MATSON TO PAY MORE THAN $15 MILLION FOR 2013 MOLASSES SPILL IN SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH STATE OF HAWAII
07/29/2015: ATTORNEY GENERAL DOUG CHIN TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE REGARDING MOLASSES SPILL SETTLEMENT
07/28/2015: FURLOUGH VIOLATOR CHARGED WITH ESCAPE
07/24/2015: O‘AHU INMATE CHARGED WITH ESCAPE FOR VIOLATING WORK FURLOUGH
07/15/2015: STATE WINS OVER $7 MILLION AWARD FROM LIBERTY DIALYSIS FOR OVERPAYMENTS AND FILES FALSE CLAIMS LAWSUIT
07/12/2015: ARREST ON MAUNA KEA AFTER OFFICE OF MAUNA KEA MANAGEMENT RANGER VEHICLES STRUCK BY CAR
07/09/2015: ATTORNEY GENERAL DOUG CHIN TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE REGARDING PROPOSED EMERGENCY RULE FOR MAUNA KEA
07/08/2015: ATTORNEY GENERAL SUES DENTIST FOR ALLEGED FRAUDULENT CLAIMS FOR TREATMENT AND SERVICES
07/07/2015: ATTORNEY GENERAL CHARGES TWO INMATES WITH ESCAPE FOR VIOLATING FURLOUGHS
07/07/2015: NEW DLNR RULE PROPOSED FOR MAUNA KEA SUMMIT – JOINT DLNR/ATTORNEY GENERAL NEWS RELEASE
07/01/2015: STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL DOUG CHIN RELATING TO THE PROTESTS ON MAUNA KEA
06/30/2015: STATE OF HAWAII TO COLLECT MORE THAN QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS IN UNPAID AIRPORT LANDING FEES
06/29/2015: FORMER O‘AHU PROBATION OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT AND FORGERY
06/26/2015: THE IMPACT OF TODAY’S U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING ON SAME-SEX COUPLES WHO MARRIED IN HAWAI‘I
05/27/2015: HAWAI’I SUPREME COURT DISMISSES CHALLENGE TO MARRIAGE EQUALITY ACT
05/22/2015: WAIʻALAE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS RAISE FUNDS FOR MISSING CHILD CENTER-HAWAIʻI
05/20/2015: FEDERAL NINTH CIRCUIT COURT UPHOLDS HAWAI’I STATE LAWS MANDATING TRANSPARENCY IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
05/15/2015: ATTORNEY GENERAL TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE REGARDING CHARITABLE SOLICITATION FRAUD ENFORCEMENT ACTION
05/04/2015: FORMER OAHU PROBATION OFFICER CHARGED WITH THEFT AND FORGERY
05/04/2015: FORMER MAUI MAYORAL CANDIDATE SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS PRISON FOR SECURITIES FRAUD
04/27/2015: STATE RECEIVES $12 MILLION IN SETTLEMENT WITH CREDIT CARD COMPANIES
04/24/2015: MORTUARY OWNER INDICTED FOR THEFT OF STATE MONEY
04/16/2015: DUI CHARGES FILED AGAINST JON RIKI KARAMATSU
04/14/2015: ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE HAWAIʻI COUNTY MAYOR’S USE OF GOVERNMENT PURCHASING CARD
04/10/2015: FORMER DRUG COURT CLERK CHARGED WITH FELONY THEFT
04/01/2015: $10,000 FINE FOR FAKE REPORTING IN FATAL NEGLECT CASE
03/25/2015: DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDS AUCTION OF SEIZED AND FORFEITED PROPERTY
03/25/2015: SECOND DIRECTOR OF WAIANAE COMMUNITY OUTREACH CHARGED WITH DIVERTING MORE THAN $200,000 FOR PERSONAL USE
03/19/2015: FORMER DIRECTOR OF WAIANAE NON-PROFIT CHARGED WITH DIVERTING MORE THAN $500,000 FOR PERSONAL USE
03/12/2015: SUBSTITUTE CAREGIVER GUILTY IN NEGLECT CASE
03/11/2015: HAWAII FIREARM PERMITS DECREASE FROM RECORD HIGH LEVEL
01/09/2015: CARE HOME OPERATOR SENTENCED FOR MANSLAUGHTER
State of Hawaii Attorney General
Anne E. Lopez