Hawaii IBEW’s Russell Yamanoha Follows in Other Boss’ Footsteps

Honolulu, Hawaii’s IBEW Local 1260 is getting cleaned out! Coming in as number three to be sentenced is Russell Yamanoha with two years of probation, $5k in restitution, and $25 in special assessment. This follows right behind his coworker’s sentencings, which you can read about here and here.

From the Department of Labor:

On December 2, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, Russell Yamanoha, former Communications Director of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1260 (located in Honolulu, Hawaii), was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and a $25 special assessment. On September 3, 2019, Yamanoha pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to make and cause to be made false entries in records required to be kept by a labor union, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Honolulu Resident Investigator Office, the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, and the State of Hawaii Attorney General’s Office.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

To read more, please visit the DOL site here.

To stay up to date on Criminal Union Corruption, check out our 2022 U.S. DOL Criminal LMRDA Enforcement Actions page here.

And to see the previous union corruption case, go here.