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County committee backs MOU with FBI for financial‑crimes task force after privacy questions
Summary
The Hawaii County committee voted to forward a resolution authorizing an intergovernmental agreement with the FBI to join the Hawaii Financial Crimes Task Force, after police and council members discussed rising online scams and local privacy concerns.
The Hawaii County committee voted to forward Resolution 250‑25 to the full council with a favorable recommendation, a step that would authorize the mayor to enter an intergovernmental agreement with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Honolulu Division for participation in the Hawaii Financial Crimes Task Force.
The recommendation passed after committee discussion about growing online financial crimes and the county police department’s need for federal investigative tools. Captain Rio Wilkins of the Hawaii Police Department’s criminal investigations unit told the committee the department “got involved in it about a year ago” and that detectives had been identified in Hilo and Kona but later transferred out. Wilkins…
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