HONOLULU (AP) An employee in Honolulu’s planning and permitting department is the last to plead guilty after a federal investigation alleged that five city workers took bribes in exchange for favors, including expediting building permits, in a scandal that prompted the department to overhaul its permitting process.
The fifth city employee who took cash bribes to move plans through the city Department of Planning and Permitting entered a plea of guilty Wednesday as part of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice.
Hawaii’s last five workers involved in a bribery scandal where Honolulu employees took bribes in exchange for expediting building projects have pleaded guilty.