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A former employee of Michael J. Miske’s businesses testified Wednesday that his boss used violence to get his way and helped him coordinate the kidnapping of an accountant.

Preston Kimoto is the seventh of Mike Miske’s original 10 co-defendants to plead guilty and flip on their former boss.

Preston Kimoto had been on pretrial release but was arrested by federal agents on Tuesday.

An alleged co-conspirator of reputed Hawaii crime boss Michael Miske was charged with witness tampering Monday after he allegedly threatened a woman not to cooperate with the U.S. Department of Justice’s ongoing investigation.

Alleged kingpin Michael Miske owned a business that bought used cars at auction, providing income, a way to launder drug money and rewards for criminal associates, prosecutors say.

Defense attorneys say there is too much evidence being turned over by the government to analyze in a short time, including more than 700,000 pages of documents, wiretap recordings numerous telephones and dozens of forensic reports.

The Miske Case: A Co-Defendant Turns Against Alleged Honolulu Crime Boss - Honolulu Civil Beat The Miske Case: A Co-Defendant Turns Against Alleged Honolulu Crime Boss As trial for Michael Miske Jr. approaches in September, more people involved in myriad crimes he’s alleged to have masterminded are expected to cooperate with federal prosecutors. Reading time: 11 minutes. The building blocks of the government’s criminal case against Honolulu businessman Michael J. Miske Jr. continued to eme...