Criminal Complaint — United States v. Martin Kao (D. Haw.)

Summary

A Criminal Complaint in United States of America v. Martin Kao, Mag. No. 20-01208-WRP, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, filed September 29, 2020 as Document 1. Counts 1 and 2 charge bank fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1344(2) over PPP loan applications to Central Pacific Bank for approximately $10,000,000 and to Radius Bank for approximately $2,841,490, and Counts 3-7 charge money laundering under 18 U.S.C. § 1957 over transfers including $2,000,000 and $3,000,000 checks. The affidavit of IRS-CI Special Agent Shaun Morita alleges that Kao obtained more than $12.8 million in PPP funds for Navatek, LLC, now Martin Defense Group, LLC, and transferred approximately $2 million to himself. It states that one application claimed 490 employees and an average monthly payroll of $4,072,000. The complaint was sworn before Magistrate Judge Wes Reber Porter.

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