Woman faces graft raps
The federal government has lodged criminal complaints against a former Bank of Hawaii teller on allegations that she embezzled over $10,000 from the company on more than one occasion last 1997.
Delina Remengesau was indicted by the federal grand jury with two counts of embezzlement by a bank employee in connection with plundering some $10,000 in cash from the bank teller drawer for personal use.
According to US Attorney Frederick Black, the defendant is accused before the US District Court of knowingly and willfully embezzling approximately $10,000 between March and June of 1997 in $500 to $2,000 increments.
Court documents state that on a separate occasion, Ms. Remengasau stole $10,000 from the bank’s cash fault to cover the accumulated teller shortage.
The defendant is also being charged with a second count on the same offense which allegedly occurred last September 12, 1997 when Ms. Remengesau pocketed another $650 from BoH.
The federal case against the defendant is being prosecuted by Assistant US Attorney Gregory Baka. (MM)
