Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged 23-year-old Alohi Kaupu-Grace of Hilo with various offenses stemming from fraudulent credit card use .
The victim contacted police reporting he received a text from his credit card company alerting him of a fraudulent charge made to his account in excess of $750.
After investigation, Kaupu-Grace was identified as the person responsible for the unauthorized transaction and had obtained the victim’s personal confidential information while employed at her former place of employment.
Kaupu-Grace was charged with the following offenses:
- Second-degree theft
- Second-degree identity theft
- Unauthorized possession of personal confidential information
- Fraudulent use of a credit card
Police ask anyone with information regarding this incident to contact Detective Amy Omaya of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at (808) 961-2381 or via email at Amy.Omaya@hawaiicounty.gov.
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