• 3 hours ago Federal Bureau of Investigation / Wikimedia Commons
HONOLULU U.S authorities are investigating allegations that a Hawaii-based defense contractor illegally donated $150,000 to the reelection fund of a Maine senator who advocated for an $8 million Navy contract with the company, according to court documents unsealed this week.
A U.S. judge approved an FBI warrant application to search a hard-drive containing images of an iPhone belonging to Martin Kao, former CEO of Navatek, now known as Martin Defense Group, based in Hawaii with offices in Maine, Washington, D.C. and other states.
The warrant was also for an iPhone belonging to the company s former chief financial officer. The news of the probe was first reported by the Axios website.
(AP) U.S. authorities are investigating a Hawaiʻi-based defense contractor for illegally donating $150,000 to the re-election fund of a Maine senator who advocated for an $8 million Navy contract with the company. A warrant application says Martin Kao, former CEO of Navatek, now known as Martin Defense Group, concealed the donation to a political action committee supporting U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ reelection. A spokeswoman Collins says the campaign had no knowledge of anything alleged in the warrant. A defense attorney for Kao didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. A Martin Defense Group spokeswoman says the company is cooperating with the investigation.
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