Imprisoned Ex-Honolulu Police Chief Kealoha Begins Paying Restitution 0 The Kealohas owe hundreds of thousands of dollars to their victims.
Honolulu’s ex-police chief Louis Kealoha has begun paying restitution more than three years after he was convicted in one of Hawaii’s most notorious corruption scandals.
The checks were supposed to start going out within 30 days of Kealoha entering prison in July 2021. But payments didn’t start until last month, according to Eric Seitz, an attorney for the recipients, Gerard Puana and the estate of Florence Puana.
“We kept inquiring over a period of several months and repeatedly were told the payments were coming, but I have received no explanations for the delays,” Seitz said Tuesday in an email.
