Posted on 1:13 am, Friday, November 30, 2012. Tags: fbi, gambling, harry kubojiri
MEDIA RELEASE Vida G. Bottom, special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Harry S. Kubojiri, police chief of the Hawaii Police Department; Kenneth J. Hines, special agent in charge of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation; and Florence T. Nakakuni, U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii, announced that law enforcement officers have […]
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Posted on 4:10 pm, Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Tags: gambling, police
At approximately 9:45 a.m., Vice Section officers from Area I and II, Community Policing officers and South Hilo Patrol officers executed a search warrant at Pay Day Loans/Internet Café, located at 133 MakaÊ»ala Street in Hilo. The search warrant was the result of an ongoing investigation using undercover officers and tips from the public, which […]
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Posted on 3:36 pm, Monday, July 23, 2012. Tags: gambling, police
Big Island police disrupted suspected gambling operations at three locations in Hilo. Shortly before 2 p.m. Friday (July 20), Vice Section officers from Area I and Area II, Criminal Investigation Section Officers, Community Policing officers and South Hilo Patrol officers executed search warrants at […]
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Posted on 1:17 pm, Monday, March 5, 2012. Tags: gambling, hilo, kailua-kona, police
Following a half-year-long investigation stemming from citizen complaints, Big Island police arrested 13 persons for offenses associated with illegal gambling rooms in Kailua-Kona and Hilo. Working jointly with the Area II Criminal Intelligence Unit, Area II Vice Section officers identified the owner of the illegal Kona establishment as 44-year-old Sergio Cabal of Hilo and his […]
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Posted on 7:48 pm, Friday, February 10, 2012. Tags: casino, gambling, gaming, hb2788, honolulu, waikiki
House Tourism committee will hold a public hearing on HB 2788, which will grant one stand-alone casino (not in a hotel) a 20-year license to do business in Waikiki. The measure also creates a Hawaii Gaming Control Commission, and imposes a 15 percent wagering tax on the casino’s gross receipts. The measure was introduced by […]
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