Four people were convicted last week for their role in a conspiracy to file false tax returns and then use Hawaii real estate holdings, banks and trusts to launder more than $1 million from the federal government.

On Sept. 9, 2021, a federal grand jury returned a 45-count superseding indictment alleging that Rosemarie Lastimado-Dradi, Marcia­minajuanequita Dumlao, Elvah Miranda, Daniel Miranda, and two others with conspiracy to defraud the U.S.

Additionally, Lasti­mado-Dradi was charged with aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return, the Mirandas and Dumlao were charged with filing false tax returns and with making false statements under oath in a bankruptcy proceeding.

The superseding indictment also charged Lasti­mado-Dradi, Dumlao and Elvah Miranda with money laun

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