Samuela Tuikolongahau Jr. allegedly used counterfeit bank checks to to try to bail three people out of a jail.
U.S. authorities said Samuela Tuikolongahau Jr. used counterfeit checks to try to bail out three people from a Hawaii jail. HONOLULU — A Hawaii man accused of using counterfeit bank checks totaling $1.2 million to try to bail three people out of a jail has been arrested and ordered held without bail, according to court records.
Samuela Tuikolongahau Jr. was detained by federal authorities on Monday. A U.S. Secret Service affidavit filed in court alleged that he presented the bank checks for $760,000, $400,000 and $50,000 in 2020 during the attempt to post bail for the three people held at the Oahu Community Correctional Center.He left a Honolulu courthouse after being told the checks would need verification, the court document said.
He also used someone else’s identification to open an account online at Charles Schwab and tried to deposit counterfeit and altered checks into that account, the court document said. Tuikolongahau appeared in federal court Tuesday for a hearing, where a judge appointed defense attorney Walter Rodby to represent him.Tuikolongahau consented to be detained without bail as prosecutors requested, according to court records.
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