Hawai’i County Employee Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in $11M Bribery Scheme

A Hawaiʻi County employee who pleaded guilty for his role in a bribery scheme worth millions told a federal judge that no affordable housing stock was lost as a result of the plot – a claim the judge resoundingly dismissed when sentencing him to nearly four years in federal prison last week.

Alan Rudo, a former housing specialist on the Big Island, sought or received $1.8 million in bribes and kickbacks in exchange for ensuring lucrative affordable housing agreements that went to three companies controlled by Rudo and his partners. Those companies never built a single affordable unit.

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