Showing posts with label Criminal Investigation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Criminal Investigation. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
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THE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK
"HOW YOU CAN HELP THE FBI INVESTIGATION OF OHA"
Have You Or Someone You Know Been Given The Shaft By The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs?
Has Someone Been Given OHA Funding Just Because They Know A Trustee Or The CEO?
Has An OHA Trustee Told You To Hire One Of Their Relatives In Order To Receive Funding?
Watch This To See What To Do & How To Report Wrongdoing By OHA.
Then Share This Video Today With Your Family & Everyone You Know.
THE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK
"HOW YOU CAN HELP THE FBI INVESTIGATION OF OHA"
Have You Or Someone You Know Been Given The Shaft By The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs?
Has Someone Been Given OHA Funding Just Because They Know A Trustee Or The CEO?
Has An OHA Trustee Told You To Hire One Of Their Relatives In Order To Receive Funding?
Watch This To See What To Do & How To Report Wrongdoing By OHA.
Then Share This Video Today With Your Family & Everyone You Know.
Monday, March 12, 2018
CLEAN HOUSE AT OHA
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - March 11, 2018
It’s about time that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is being scrutinized for inappropriate spending of millions of dollars over a two-year period (“Millions improperly spent, OHA audit shows,” Star-Advertiser, Feb. 14).
Moreover, some expenditures were approved without the Board of Trustees’ vote or even knowledge, according to the audit, to the tune of $14 million while actual “budgeted, vetted and monitored grants” were half that amount — $7.7 million.
This travesty is just another example of spending about which we Hawaiians have no clue. Remember OHA’s suing the University of Hawai`i for “mismanagement” of the Mauna Kea summit? It used funds we Hawaiians might not have wanted to be used in this manner.
OHA’s own mismanagement is epic. Get rid of OHA’s chief executive officer, Kamana‘opono Crabbe, who ignored “do not fund” recommendations.
Also, Chairwoman Colette Machado, who, too late, is proposing new spending controls. It’s like closing the barn door after the horse has left. Because of poor leadership, she has to leave, too.
Gladys Lucas
Mililani
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - March 11, 2018
It’s about time that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is being scrutinized for inappropriate spending of millions of dollars over a two-year period (“Millions improperly spent, OHA audit shows,” Star-Advertiser, Feb. 14).
Moreover, some expenditures were approved without the Board of Trustees’ vote or even knowledge, according to the audit, to the tune of $14 million while actual “budgeted, vetted and monitored grants” were half that amount — $7.7 million.
This travesty is just another example of spending about which we Hawaiians have no clue. Remember OHA’s suing the University of Hawai`i for “mismanagement” of the Mauna Kea summit? It used funds we Hawaiians might not have wanted to be used in this manner.
OHA’s own mismanagement is epic. Get rid of OHA’s chief executive officer, Kamana‘opono Crabbe, who ignored “do not fund” recommendations.
Also, Chairwoman Colette Machado, who, too late, is proposing new spending controls. It’s like closing the barn door after the horse has left. Because of poor leadership, she has to leave, too.
Gladys Lucas
Mililani
Friday, March 09, 2018
FLASH! - FBI JOINS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF OHA
Hawai`i News Now - March 8, 2018
The FBI has joined the state's criminal investigation into the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawai`i News Now has learned.
Multiple sources say the state and federal authorities have broadened their probe, requesting copies of OHA contracts, trustee emails and financial records of OHA’s nonprofit subsidiaries.
OHA declined comment during a board meeting Thursday, and its attorney declined to provide details of the investigation to a beneficiary.
"I think there's something they're trying to hide,” said Healani Sonoda-Pale, chair of Ka Lahui Hawai`i’s political action committee, who asked the board to disclose details of the investigation.
"There needs to be more transparency in this whole agency, because it is for the benefit of kanaka maoli."
Sources said that the state Attorney General’s office recently sent OHA a letter, disclosing the FBI’s role in the investigation.
During a meeting behind closed doors, multiple sources said that OHA’s attorney Robert Klein advised board members to hire their own attorneys.
The federal involvement comes as several state agencies, including the state Ethics Commission and the legislative auditor have issued critical reports on the way OHA spends its money.
Hawai`i News Now - March 8, 2018
The FBI has joined the state's criminal investigation into the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawai`i News Now has learned.
Multiple sources say the state and federal authorities have broadened their probe, requesting copies of OHA contracts, trustee emails and financial records of OHA’s nonprofit subsidiaries.
OHA declined comment during a board meeting Thursday, and its attorney declined to provide details of the investigation to a beneficiary.
"I think there's something they're trying to hide,” said Healani Sonoda-Pale, chair of Ka Lahui Hawai`i’s political action committee, who asked the board to disclose details of the investigation.
"There needs to be more transparency in this whole agency, because it is for the benefit of kanaka maoli."
Sources said that the state Attorney General’s office recently sent OHA a letter, disclosing the FBI’s role in the investigation.
During a meeting behind closed doors, multiple sources said that OHA’s attorney Robert Klein advised board members to hire their own attorneys.
The federal involvement comes as several state agencies, including the state Ethics Commission and the legislative auditor have issued critical reports on the way OHA spends its money.
Tuesday, May 09, 2017
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