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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.