Federal prosecutors are seeking to recoup roughly $17 million meant for Native Hawaiian charitable causes that they allege was embezzled to pay for polo, homes in Hawaii and Florida, and other personal expenses of the late founder of Hawaiian Native Corp., according to federal court records.

Christopher Mailani Hookaamomi Dawson killed himself Dec. 19 at 12:46 p.m., 18 months after federal agents raided Hawaiian Native Corp.’s Fort Street Mall offices in June 2023.

His death did not end a federal criminal investigation into the alleged conspiracy to embezzle millions from the company he founded in 2004.

Between 2008 and 2023, Dawson’s companies received $892,386,181 in federal contracts to do U.S. Department of Defense and other federal work, including facility design, construction, mai

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