33 year-old Christopher Amador Nascimento of Hilo was sentenced to a ten-year prison term for a series of identify theft and computer fraud offenses that occurred between August 2024 and January 2025.

According to police, Amador-Nascimento opened up credit card accounts using victims’ personal information, conducted unauthorized credit card transactions, and also utilized accounts to deposit stolen funds and then withdraw the money.

On March 23, Amador-Nasciment the Court sentenced Amador-Nascimento to a ten year prison term by ordering that the sentences imposed as to each offense be served concurrently.

On October 16, 2025, Amador-Nascimento appeared in Hilo Circuit Court where he entered “Guilty” pleas to charges of Computer Fraud in the Second Degree and Identity Theft in the Second Degree in Counts 15 and 16 of Case No. 3CPC-25-90. He also pleaded “Guilty” to charges of Theft in the First Degree under Counts 3, 7, 27, 35, 39, and 43 and Identity Theft in the Second Degree under Counts 11, 14, 17, 20, 22, 25, 30, 31, 32, and 33 of Case No. 3CPC-25-279. Theft in the First Degree, Computer Fraud in the Second Degree, and Identity Theft in the Second Degree are all class B felony offenses and punishable by a maximum penalty of a ten-year prison term.

The case was prosecuted by Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys Jefferson Malate and Woodrow Pengelly.

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