On 4/23/2021 5:51 AM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
Did the FCC ever collect its $50 million from "Sandwich Isles Telecommunications" for blatant fraud?  At this scale I wonder how or why certain people are not in federal prison.

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Folks did go to prison:


https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/30903886/hawaii-telecom-executive-sentenced-to-46-months-behind-bars

"Telecommunications executive Albert Hee was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison on Wednesday for tax charges."

"Hee is the younger brother of former state Sen. Clayton Hee and the founder of Sandwich Isles Communications."


https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2020/12/01/hawaiian-telcom-to-acquire-fiber-network-paniolo.html

"Hee, brother of former state Sen. Clayton Hee, was convicted of federal tax fraud in 2015 and was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison and was released on Sept. 19, 2019, according to the Bureau of Prisons website."


good details here:  http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/Articles-Main/ID/26464/FCC-Fines-Al-Hee-49M-for-Fraud


He cheated folks that don't have much in the first place, so he could have millions he didn't deserve.  Ugly person.

We (Hawaiian Telcom) bought the Paniolo Cable Company for their interisland fiber network and have been pushing out good internet to the far-flung locations.  We have really, really remote locations here.

scott


(paniolo means cowboy in Hawaiian)