Indictment — No. 1:23-cr-00003 (Dkt. 1)

Summary

An indictment in United States of America v. Martin Kao, Case 1:23-cr-00003-LEK, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, filed January 5, 2023 as Document 1. It charges bank fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1344(2). The grand jury alleges that Kao applied to Bank 1 on or about March 12, 2020 for a $3 million mortgage loan to buy a Honolulu residence priced at $4.5 million. It alleges that Kao digitally altered brokerage records submitted to Bank 1, including a February 2020 statement showing $8,388,000.59 when the value was $83,880.59, and that Bank 1 approved the loan in or about June 2020. The forfeiture notice cites 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) and 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c) and names the residence.

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