Court Orders Sale Of Miske-Owned Tuna Longliner - Honolulu Civil Beat
Court Orders Sale Of Miske-Owned Tuna Longliner
The alleged crime boss had owned the fishing vessel for years but transferred it to a company controlled by the widow of his dead son as federal investigators closed in.
Editor’s note:
This article was originally published on iLind, Ian Lind’s blog. It is reprinted here with permission.
A federal judge has issued an order directing the sale of the 90-foot longline fishing vessel “Rachel,” a lesser known asset owned by Michael J. Miske Jr., the accused leader of a criminal gang now facing federal criminal charges ranging from kidnapping and murder for hire to bank fraud.
Miske Case Weaves Together Disparate Strands Of Past Crimes - Honolulu Civil Beat
Miske Case Weaves Together Disparate Strands Of Past Crimes
As information comes out in the case of alleged crime boss Michael J. Miske Jr., it looks like the gang was operating in plain sight. Reading time: 12 minutes.
It’s been nearly six months since local businessman Michael J. Miske Jr. was arrested in a dramatic pre-dawn raid on a Kailua home, and named along with ten alleged co-conspirators in a 22-count federal racketeering indictment. Prosecutors charge the men were part of a criminal organization which used Miske’s successful businesses, including Kamaaina Termite and Pest Control, as both a home base and a facade which concealed their ongoing criminal enterprise.