HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – An Oahu grand jury indicted four people involved in an alleged theft and forgery ring.
The Hawaii Department of the Attorney General announced on Friday that Kristen Krael was arrested following her indictment on Wednesday for:
- Three counts of computer fraud,
- Three counts of theft in the first degree,
- One count of theft in the second degree,
- Fifteen counts of forgery in the second degree, and
- Three counts of fraudulent use of a credit card.
Prosecutors say that while working as an accountant for three local businesses, Krael allegedly used the companies’ financial information without authorization to forge checks and transfer funds from company credit cards to herself.
Kristen Krael also allegedly provided forged checks to Aaron Kau, Jaron Hung, and Jessica Rothstein, who were also indicted by the grand jury, the department said…