As best as I can, I present the facts in writing, photos, and documents as proof of the following:
Supporting documents referenced in the article below can be found by clicking here.
Joseph Cardoza
Terrance Revere
Fredrick Matson Kelley
Paul Sulla
Hawaii Court Fraud by Judges Exposed
This article describes a criminal conspiracy perpetrated by officers of the Hawaii State Court system, associated with Chief Judge Joseph E. Cardoza, who along with others - including Fredrick Mason Kelley, Terrance Revere, Paul Sulla, notaries, and private investigators - have combined to defraud real property owners and prospective buyers of land parcels offered for sale by the State of Hawaii.
One would have to have a mind that is analytical, motivated, and adept at gathering and analyzing data and drawing conclusions from what is written here to understand this story. Then, have the resources to expose and or write a book that no doubt would be a best-seller, as this BS actually happened.
All who wish to be educated, shocked, intrigued, or perhaps entertained; read at our expense, how we, one of YouTube’s most recognized “how-to” family of experts of building homes, Kirk Giordano Plastering Inc. got robbed of our three homes in Maui by judges who controlled the court documented outcome. Together my family and I spent a fortune on false litigation and restoring the three homes in question.
Who says, “Crime doesn’t Pay?”
It’s one of the best-kept corrupt secrets in Hawaii, especially in Maui’s second circuit courthouse, with then-residing Chief Judge Joseph Cardoza and his protégé/relative, Matson Fredrick Kelley, who is still an attorney and family judge. This is a “conflict of interest court case” committed in Maui, Hawaii. These same men robbed my family - and no doubt many others - of their legally purchased homes. The homes in question are a duplex along with a separate residence that we spent significant time restoring to get them liveable and insured. Worth back then and today about two million. This fact pales in comparison to the emotional trauma they put my family through then and for the remainder of our lives, as they stole our future dreams to work and live in Maui.
My two Attorneys cooperated when both understood what was actually going on. Both attorneys could have stopped this criminal case before it got started. However, this would have been damaging to their careers if they had pending cases in Maui.
Mark Recktenwald is still today the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii and is a friend of former Maui’s chief Judge, Joseph Cardoza. Mark Recktenwald is the Chief Judge who appointed Joseph Cardoza as Maui’s Chief judge in 2012, then Joseph Cardoza’s protégé Fredrick Matson Kelley for the position of per-diem Judge in 2014.
Being the protégé/relative of Joseph Cardoza gave Matson Fredrick Kelley, judge and attorney, benefits that allowed him to initiate lawsuits for personal financial gain. Matson Kelley realized from past experiences that no matter how ludicrous the grounds for his lawsuits of robberies were, he was guaranteed to win with the unconditional help and support of his mentor Maui Chief Judge Joseph Cardoza, who aided and abetted no matter how absurd Matson’s claims were.
This is why Joseph Cardoza infiltrated this case from the sitting judge. The sitting Judge, Rhonda I.L. Loo, saw through Matson Fredrick Kelley’s scam and said so at the first trial hearing.
Unfortunately, and unknown to us, when each of my hired attorneys realized the Chief Judge was in cahoots with this fraud with his protégé attorney, they joined in immediately to stall and misdirect my family’s case, allowing plaintiffs to run the necessary papers through the court they presided over. What we really lost was the equity of millions to this day. But more importantly, our sense of accomplishment and justice.
I’m not foolish enough to believe anyone in a position to expose this corruption will do so unless there’s something in it for them. I think some professional writers and filmmakers would welcome the chance for a New York best-selling book or movie that is based on “facts” where the truth is more unbelievable than fiction. I’m willing to share all documents with anyone in a position to expose these judges and accomplices.
These and other absurdities are in the story.
Introduction to Corruption in Maui, Hawaii
Our story began on May 20, 2014, when we were declared the high bidder for a parcel of property offered for sale at the annual tax auction on Maui. In Kirk's words, "we purchased two old and severely dilapidated houses located side-by-side on a double lot in Maui."
Both are located on a large corner double lot located in an upper-class neighborhood of historic Makawao, an area known as a tourist attraction on Maui’s island. Both had spectacular ocean views. The main house had four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a large kitchen, a living room, a dining room, a laundry room, and two additional rooms suitable for offices or other uses. It also included a separate lower-level living unit complete with three bedrooms, a kitchen, and a bathroom.
"The second home was built in 1976, a few years after the main house, on an adjacent lot split off from the original home's oversized lot. It was smaller, consisting of two rooms, a kitchen, living and dining area, with the same spectacular ocean views as the primary home."
These two homes were owned by two sisters, Julia Keikioewa Martin and Moana Penelope Ramos, who inherited them from their parents. After inheriting title to the properties, the sisters failed to pay any property taxes on them beginning in 1987 (the year they inherited the homes) through 2014, inclusive. The younger sister, Julia Keikioewa Martin, lived in one of the property’s residences. The other single and newer one was uninhabited with little to no roofs left and was being used as a dump site for all household garbage.
She, nor the elder sister Moana Penelope Ramos (who lived in nearby Honolulu) ever paid any taxes for about 26 years.
On May 14, 1998, liens were placed on Moana, her daughter Kimberly, and Julia, who was living at the property at the time and was still on the title. No one paid the lien nor even attempted to.
On February 17, 2009, the State of Hawaii placed county tax liens on both sisters for failing to pay taxes.
Another lien was then recorded on November 13, 2009, against both sisters, Moana Ramos and Julia Martin - the only two left on the property title. On August 23, 2013, still, no action was taken to pay the property taxes by either sister. Note during this time the oldest sister, Moana, had passed away. Julia thus became the tenant in severalty or sole proprietor of the homes in which she and others were currently living at.
Because the state property taxes had been ignored, both homes were offered for sale at several tax auctions before our acquisition in 2014.
Not surprisingly says Kirk, in 2014 no buyers expressed interest or offered only a few very low bids, so at the suggestion of my sons, we became interested in purchasing them. One would have to see in person the condition to realize why no one wanted them. However, my family and I are contractors who also teach YouTubers how to repair homes. We were up to the challenge.
My sons and I went to the auction in Maui and were the highest bidders at $64,000 dollars.
The title report Kirk received when he purchased both homes revealed the older sister, Moana Ramos, hired Mitchell S. Burns, attorney at law of the Hawaii Estate Planning Law Group located in Honolulu, to remove her ex-husband Jerry Ramos (from whom she was by then divorced) and their daughter Kimberly Caspillo from any ownership interest.
This Quit Claim deed was recorded at the State of Hawaii Bureau of Conveyances and recorded on March 15, 2001.
Thus, the older sister Moana regained her 50% interest in the property along with the other 50% to Julia, the sister and current owner still living in one of the homes.
This deed was recorded at the State of Hawaii Bureau of Conveyances on March 15, 2001, at 3:00 p.m. by Carl T. Watanabe, Acting Registrar of Conveyances.
The March 15, 2001 deed (Document No: 2001-037345) superseded the earlier deed (Document No.96-107204) dated May 28, 1996, that allowed Kimberly and her ex-husband an interest in her 50% of the homes.
Kimberly willingly signed off any and all rights to her mother’s and her Aunt Julia’s home.
Kirk Giordano's purchase contract was documented on the tax deed and recorded in Hawaii, as follows: The state of Hawaii. Bureau of Conveyances. Document Doc-53170717, dated July 23, 2014, at 8:02 a.m. It was signed and dated by the grantor, Mayor Alan M. Arakawa, County of Maui, to the Grantee Kirk P. Giordano and affects tax map Key No. 920 2-4-021-007-000. This tax deed also had the approval recommended by the director of Finance, Danilo F. Agsalog.
It was approved as a form and legality by Jeffery Ueoka, deputy corporation counsel, County of Maui.
This is ample evidence that the tax deed provided by "Old Republic," the title company, was legitimate? Read the title report below for yourself.
See Title Report Old Republic National Title insurance and Litigation Guarantee.
If any federal prosecution agency has jurisdiction over this matter, Email us at [email protected] for any and all complete documents, such as the complete title report, letters from attorneys, full deposition, etc. that may not be included in this story.
After making our winning bid for both homes at the Maui tax auction, located at 1020 Hiehie St, Makawao, HI 96768 we met with the former homeowner, Julia, and explained we just purchased the houses at the tax auction. Julia, to their relief, said she knew about the unpaid back taxes. We also went door to door and introduced my family to our new neighbors.
We advised Julia that she had the right to claim from the county assessor's office the remaining cash (which amounted to over $30,000) that he paid, "in excess," of the taxes with fees owing for the property, as this money was rightfully hers to use as she wished, since she was now the sole heir to 100% of the property.
When Kirk’s family paid the 26 years of back taxes, Kirk then became the sole proprietor/owner by law of 1020 Hiehie St, Makawao, HI 96768. It was my family who owned 100% of the homes on exactly on May 20, 22015. One year after the purchase.
We explained to Julia that she had the option under the Hawaiian redemption laws to buy back the property within a year if she could pay the unpaid taxes from the date when she inherited her interest in 1987. She said that, for personal reasons, she would be much happier leaving the area. One would have to view the home to understand this reasoning.
We allowed Julia to stay in the home until she picked up her surplus cash of 30K, as long as she left the home reasonably clean. She promised to vacate the homes in good condition and thanked them for telling her about the surplus cash.
As the new homeowners, we advised her that we would have to obtain insurance on the two homes. In my professional opinion, they were currently uninhabitable as both had roof holes several feet wide that allowed frequent tropical rain to enter, causing wood rot and mold to develop and pose a danger of disease. A visual inspection also revealed many animals living in a larger home. Some others were chained outside. The residents also appeared to be using the smaller home as a dump site.
Both homes were falling apart, with many abandoned vehicles sitting outside, resting on their chassis, as they had no wheels. We documented the unsanitary conditions and the decayed physical state of the properties with extensive video footage and photographs.
We recognized that, since we were now liable for any injuries that occurred on the properties, it was essential to obtain insurance as soon as possible. We spent the rest of our first day at the property, introducing ourselves to those neighbors willing to get acquainted with us. Many did so. All seemed to be wonderful folks. Their stories of the former owners, now tenants, who were still occupying our newly acquired homes, were not pleasant. Their statements confirmed our opinions, already formed from observing the condition of the property.
They informed us of drug dealing and thefts committed by the current tenants. They noted the fences and other measures they had employed over the past fifteen years to stop the ongoing thefts and illegal activities. They also pointed out that the trash build-up in the smaller home had produced a profusion of rats in the neighborhood. We assured everyone we met that day that we would clean the property as soon as the former owner moved out and would eliminate the rat infestation by removing their food source. We exchanged phone numbers and flew back to our primary residence in California."
Our First Days Dealing with Trash, Rats, & Tropical Disease
When our new Maui neighbors called to inform us the property was finally vacant, we shipped our van to Hawaii so that we could use it for traveling and carrying materials for property repairs. We arrived on the island thinking that we would have a vacation and begin renovating the homes.
Upon our first visit, we found both homes still in deplorable condition, with four feet of trash inside composed mainly of pet foods, containers, and even human waste. Mosquitoes and flies were so thick that we could barely see. We did not realize immediately that these bugs could infect us with some nasty diseases. We had been bitten by insects many times in California without ill effect, but this menagerie of pests was different. They inhabited a contaminated environment in a tropical area, and their bites marked the beginning of our infection with life-threatening diseases that continue to plague us even today.
Perhaps all the empty gallons of Cockroach killer were sprayed indoors, or they were indeed cooking methamphetamines. This is hearsay by the neighbors.
We also underestimated the effect of dust from rat feces, which, when inhaled, causes leptospirosis.
During the almost two years when we were restoring the homes, we discovered that the interiors of all the walls were full of rat nests - some of them two feet high (see them in videos below).
If you have a strong stomach, click here to see more pictures & videos of some of the abominations we encountered.
Welcome to our first day on-site at our property in “paradise”! We had no option but to rent a room at a hotel so we could shower and consider what to do next. We decided to stay and fulfill our promise to our new neighbors and clean up the trash to eliminate the rat pandemic. I advertised in newspapers for local help to clean the garbage and filth out of the homes as we promised. I felt that by removing the trash, we would rid the area of rats. We had, in total 4, sizable 30-yard dumpsters delivered to hold waste from the clean-up. We ended up living in our van for three weeks while we cleaned with help from locals hired through posted want-ads. We also hired licensed contractors to refurbish the pipes so we could use the toilets and showers.
A "Bedtime Story" of Our Perseverance
I will share this brief tale. It illustrates the tip of the iceberg of what we endured in our determined home restoration attempts. Over the first couple of weeks of renovating, my girlfriend and I lived in our van. We hired many Hawaiians to help us clean out both homes to obtain insurance.
After all garbage had been removed from the interior, new water pipes installed, and the entire home had been repeatedly cleaned - I decided to sleep inside. I was too tall to rest comfortably in the van and felt that two and a half weeks had been long enough. My girlfriend wanted to continue to sleep in the van. However, I suggested, "Let's try one night in the master bedroom."
I set rat traps outside the door, and we lay on a mat in the master bedroom. We slept with the door closed and a flashlight ready, just in case. Within ten minutes, we heard what sounded like a gunshot. My girlfriend panicked and said she wanted to return to the van. I assured her it was just another rat caught in the trap. I learned to recognize this noise. I walked to the kitchen, turning on lights along the way. As I clicked on the kitchen light, I saw a huge rat spinning in the rattrap, squealing.
My girlfriend yelled, "What's that awful noise?"
I yelled back, “Another damned rat," hoping she wouldn't recognize the fear in my voice.
The rat was hissing and squealing loudly, seemingly far from dead. I got the most massive kitchen knife we had to kill the damned thing. I hesitantly stood for a while, bringing up the nerve, then stuck the rat in the mid-section. I was nervous and pushed the knife too hard and fast as the blade went through its body and deep into the floor. This rat then turned its head in a way that literally fried my nerves and started biting the knife. Fortunately, this only lasted a short while until it died.
My girl yelled, "What's happening?" from the so-called “safety” of the master bedroom.
I yelled back, "No worries, it's dead. I'll get rid of it."
I then proceeded to grab the shovel I had kept for removing rats caught in the traps. But when I tried to shovel up the dead rat, I couldn't lift it. The knife I had used had penetrated deep into the rotted floor—it did not release quickly. After finally getting rid of the rat and trap, I went back to the bedroom. I was still determined to sleep where I could fully stretch out.
My girl then said, "What about the hole in the bathroom?"
I said, "It's only one inch wide. Nothing can get in from that small a hole."
But since I knew this scared her, I went into the bathroom and, while she watched, lifted the heavy toilet lid off the toilet, placed it over the tiny hole, and set a heavy book on it. I asked, "Are you okay with that?" thinking this was a foolish fear. She reluctantly agreed that the cover made her feel safer. Tired, I turned off the lights again.
Within the next ten minutes, we heard a sound like a brick being pulled across a concrete floor. My first thought was, ‘There's no way a rat could squeeze through a hole that quickly.' I gripped the flashlight and pointed the beam at the noise. We saw two red eyes staring at us from a rat the size of a cat.
Needless to say, our nerves were shot at this point. We didn't even gather the pad; we grabbed our clothes and returned to the safety of the van. This horrifying night was one of many challenges.
By the end of our third week of sleeping in the van while we renovated, my girl started showing symptoms of delirium. When she eventually collapsed, I rushed her to the Maui hospital, where the staff stabilized her condition through the night. In the morning, she was diagnosed with leptospirosis, caused by exposure to rat feces. With this near-death episode and working 12-hour days, we had no choice but to fly home to recover. We immediately returned to California.
I had no complaints about cleanup and rebuilding, as that's what my family does for a living, and everyone was happy to help.
Despite months of labor while rebuilding both homes, we still could not get insurance from the three leading insurance agencies.
Our Battle With Attorney Fredrick Matson Kelley and Mentor Chief Judge Joseph Cardoza
This marked the beginning of my family's nightmare with Matson. We were in the thick of it for many years.
Our Battle With Attorney Fredrick Matson Kelley and his Mentor, the Chief Judge of Maui, Joseph Cardoza, continued to worsen and go off in many absurd directions.
Upon arriving home on February 24, 2015, I received a letter from Attorney/Per Diem Judge Fredrick Matson Kelley.
- At the start of his con, the Plaintiffs, who are judges and attorneys, realized there was no legal way to take Kirk’s homes as Kirk had an ironclad title report.
- Thus, con-artist attorney/per-diem judge, Matson Kelley, came up with a well used elaborate lie that he failed to convince Kirk of in two threatening letters, which he claimed he was hired “on behalf of the Estate of Moana P.M.Ramos.”
- Once he found out Moana was deceased, he claims he was contacted by Kimberly to represent her.
- However that as a lie also, what Matson did was hire “The Hawaii Investigative Group,” owned by Steve Goodenow in locating Kimberly. This cost Matson $3699.67 (see document below)
- Needless to say if she called him, why on earth would he pay investigator close to 4,000 dollars to find her?
All interested, read the twisted lying misdirection in Matson Kelley’s conniving first letter bellow.
This fact is true, Thus he has no case!
Note: how he skillfully worded the truth to insinuate that instead of relinquishing her rights, she is granted rights.
Dear Mr. Giordano, On March 15, 2001 a Warranty Deed conveyed the interests of Jerry Ramos, Moana Ramos (husband and wife), and Kimberly Ramos Caspillo in the Subject Property to Moana Ramos. Said deed was recorded with the Bureau of Conveyances, State of Hawaii as document number 2001-037345 and is enclosed with this letter.
A deed, like a warranty deed, is the physical document that transfers ownership, while "title" refers to the legal right of ownership itself.
I hoped to explain what was written on the Title report - that Kimberly had legally quit-claimed any and all of her rights away in 2001. Her mother wrote this quit claim, who then had her attorney record and attached it to the new title; this document legally superseded all past deeds.
Click below to see all the letters Matson sent with his misdirection of what the warranty deed on March 15, 2001. Plus Matsons bill to hire a detective to find and involve Kimberly which predates his written letters.
Matson Kelly's Private Investigator Bill (Feb 19) »
Matson Kelly's First Letter (Feb 24) »
Matson Kelly's Second Letter (March 6) »
I called attorney Matson Kelley and suggested he may have misunderstood the recorded Tax Deed report from 2001. I politely suggested he reread the title, which granted us possession. See Title Report »
Need proof to have your curiosity aroused ahead of reading this Maui Court corruption? Click here for the Deposition, start with page 72-75 it proves Kimberly never hired Matson - he lied. Page 72-76 proves they already had her birth certificate which never mattered.
Note, Matson could have gone to the auction himself and bought the homes, but then he would have had to invest 200K or more to make them habitable!
Matson Kelley calmly threatened me with lawsuits that would cost me a fortune if I did not quit-claim to him the other alleged 50% of our homes to him immediately.
Kelley's letters made it obvious he was a con man. It never crossed our minds that his relationship with Maui's chief judge, Joseph Cardoza, was his mentor and possible relative.
We learned later that Kelley's mentor and close friend, his officemate of close to 20 years, was the Chief Judge of Maui, Joseph E. Cardoza. Both shared at the same courthouse in which the case was going to be tried.
Note as this is interesting; There are no pictures of these two closest friends online. Why? To protect their relationship and their ongoing corrupt future. Lest someone connects the dots of their real relationship.
Off-topic, find a law case where Matson Kelley lost that his mentor, the Chief Judge of Hawaii Joseph Cardoza, presided over! This is not possible as there are none.
What is a Per-Diem judge?
Per Diem judges are part-time judges appointed by a Chief Justice on an “as-needed basis” to preside in the District Court or Family Court. During their term of service, a per diem judge may still engage in the private practice of law.
It was the Chief judge of Hawaii, Mark Ruckinfield, who awarded his friend, the Chief Judge of Maui Joseph Cordoza’s protege, Mr. Kelley, the position of per-diem judge while he continued his practice as an attorney, in 2012.
“This was no crime”
How in the world can the man who groomed him for 20 years as his mentor/relative be allowed the authority to infiltrate it then preside over his case? It’s a conflict of interest with nepotism.
One has to ask yourself after reading this factual story, is Matson Kelley even psychologically or ethically fit to hold the position to preside in District Court or Family Court? Would you, as a parent, want him to judge your child's fate?
A brief history about this crooked pair: they worked in the same office and courthouse for over 20 years. Their premeditated plan included Matson Kelley, a Maui Attorney/Per-Diem judge, falsely claiming to represent a daughter with no legal interest in our properties.
How did these two judges manage to abuse an unchallengeable title?
The answer! The Chief Judge, crooked Cardoza, took over or infiltrated the case from a competent sitting judge Ronda Luu, who saw this fraud within the first ten minutes it was presented to her at the first hearing at the Maui Courthouse. Judge Ronda Luu shot back at Matt’s hired lawyers!
"You have nothing! This could have been written by anyone!"
She then said, "You have no will, trust, or probates to support such claims, only an affidavit that could have been written by anyone!"
This turned out to be true. I was there at this hearing with Andrew Chianese, my newly appointed attorney working for Terrance.
Fredrick Matson Kelley was the only other person at this hearing, sitting in the rear seats with a smug smile on his face, he was the one who wrote the phony affidavit.
No doubt when Matson heard the sitting judge saying they had no case, he rushed to his mentor Joseph Cardoza and informed him that Rhona Loo, the sitting judge, was not fooled. Hence his mentor, Joseph E. Cardoza, took over the case.
This ended the first trial.
Two years into this case revealed that it was with Maui's Chief Judge, Joseph Cardoza, with proteges Matson Kelley and David Whittenburg, all had a vested interest in the homes whose attempt to manipulate the tile report that continuous fraud was committed.
Note: two of the men, Dr. David Whittenburg and Matson Kelley, had previously set up an LLC where they placed my homes before they began the fraud of saying they were hired by the mother rather than the daughter to buy back.
The houses were always in their LLCs for their profit. Never another's as in the same fraud used against the native Hawaiians to steal their valuable lands in the below story.
Matson Kelley's whole case was based on his alleged claim that he'd been hired to represent first the mother, Moana, then the daughter, Kimberly. However, Kimberly swore in deposition two years later that she never called him, nor knew who Matson Kelley was, thus could not ask for representation. She recognized and admitted she didn’t have the legal representation or authority to any ownership of the homes in question, again see. See deposition pages 72 -76
The facts below alone prove Fredrick Matson Kelley of being a habitual self-dealing professional liar and a traitor to his sworn oath to protect and obey the law.
Need more proof of Matsons nature? On 02/20/2015, his Hawaii Financial Disclosure or official public filings requested all his income and assets from 2013 to 2015.
Fredrick Matson Kelley deliberately falsified and did willingly and secretly withhold his assets on page two by not answering the request correctly for other income for services rendered in excess of 1,000 dollars.
Matson Kelley did, however, admit to owning HieHie LLC, which is his “Limited Liability Corporation” that held alleged title on my homes at 1020 Hiehie St, Makawao, HI 96768. He claimed they to be worth 1,000 dollars.
These were my homes eventually stolen by him and his mentor Chief Judge of Maui, Joseph E. Cardoza.
They were worth about one million six hundred thousand dollars then, and more today.
Our homes were located at 1020 Hiehie Street in Maui. Matson Kelley also failed to reveal his other LLCs listed below. Note also Matson Kelley names all his LLCs after the street names, which he steals them from.
The LLCs below were not disclosed by Matson. Also, note the other LLCs named Waiehu are from the 277 acres stolen from the native Hawaiians.
- Waiehu Regional Center LLC. Which was filed on 02/01/2013? File #102910 C5, registered agent Matson Kelley, a.k.a., Fredrick Matson Kelley.
- Officers — William C. Gresham and Darin H. Okuyama, terminated 01/13/2014
- Waiehu Restoration LLC. Filed 06/04/2014. file #117734 C5, Registered agent Matson Kelley, A.K.A., Fredrick Matson Kelley
- Officers — Paul Wennes. Real estate investment.
- KE Investment, LLC Filed 03/2/2015 File# 127060 C5, Registered agent Matson Kelley, A.K.A., Fredrick Matson Kelley
Stealing Land from Native Hawaiians
The case below is not my business, but used to illustrate a point of habitual abusing their court positions to steal another man’s gold.
These same criminals, Judge Joseph E. Cardoza and his protégé, attorney/Per-Diem judge Matson Kelley, were also responsible for stealing 277 prime acres from natives Hawaiians while hiding behind LLC's titles. However, when LLCs and property deeds are revealed and reviewed, they belong to no other than Fredrick Matson Kelley and his partners in crime.
The thief of the religious Hawaiian natives, 277 acres, began in 2005 and ended in 2014. Then these ambitious attorneys turned their attention to their next victim, since they got away with stealing the lands of the Hawaiians—my family.
In the Maui newspaper headlines on 6/3/2016 - dozens of people were evicted, and structures were bulldozed on 277 acres at the top of "Malaihi Road" in Waiehu last month! Maui’s Chief Judge Cardoza awarded Matson Kelley once again a ruling in his protégé's favor, Matson Kelley.
Thus, as in our case, the mob or plaintiff ran all the necessary paperwork through the courts.
That robbery ended in 2014. That horrendous crime again confirms Chief Judge Joseph Cardoza and Matson Kelley as administering a 'pattern-and-practice' of stealing properties and destroying people’s lives.
Their victims were, too often, natives who were incapable of protecting their lands.
Even if these native Hawaiians were educated and were attorneys, they would still be predestined to lose as long as the case is started by Fredrick Matson Kelley, when in litigation or trial or during any so-called settlement that is rendered by Matson's Kelley's mentor and accomplice, Maui's chief judge Joseph Cardoza, who makes sure that his protégé, Matson Kelley, emerges victoriously. Like in our case, Joseph Cardoza boldly took over the case from the sitting judge Rhona Loo.
Read the article for yourself and form your own opinion. It says Maui's chief judge, Joseph E. Cardoza, granted a request by the property owner, Waiehu Aina LLC. It is Fredrick Matson Kelley, who is hiding behind the LLC named Waiehu Aina.
There was so much land taken that Fredrick Matson Kelley had to have many LLCs. He is the registered owner of most of them with accomplices. Steve Goodenow, who once again was hired by the landowner or Matson Kelley to coordinate the evictions. Who is Steve Goodenow? He is the detective who located the daughter Matson Kelley claimed hired him to steal our homes.
When questioned by natives along with the newspaper people who ordered the evictions, Steve Goodenow referred their questions to an attorney in Wailuku by the name of Fredrick Matson Kelley. This article goes on to say that Matson Kelley couldn't be reached for comment. Once more, his mentor, friend, and/or possibly uncle, Maui's chief judge - Joseph E. Cardoza - awarded the case again to his protégé and longtime officemate and friend, Matson Kelley.
I have copies that seem to no longer exist on the internet from all their LLCs about how these criminals split the 277 acres, including actual property tax bills as further proof below, the attorneys and judges represented themselves in stealing the native's land next to a golf course.
- Parcel Number 320180470000 dated 8/21/2017, Location, 0 Malaihi Road, Kelly Fredrick and David Whittenburg as fee owners.
- Parcel Number 320180130000, dated 8/21,2017, Location, 0 Malaihi Road, Kelly Fredrick, fee owner.
- Parcel Number 320180170000, dated 8/21/2017, Location, 0 Malaihi Road, Kelley Fredrick, fee owner.
- Parcel Number 320180140000, dated 8/21/2017, Location 0 Malaihi Rd, Morris, William estate, and Kelley Fredrick as fee owners.
After my attempt to talk with Matson Kelley failed, I was forced to hire an attorney, Terrance M. Revere, to represent my family from Matson Kelley. Note when I first hired him what he wrote below.
Terrence points out a later recorded deed, dated 2001, was ineffective to divest Mrs. Talifolau of her interest in the property. Upon Moana Ramos's death, her property interest was transferred to Mrs. Julia Talifolau. Therefore, the title is in Mrs. Talifolau's name, not Mrs. Caspillo.
Terrance M. Revere, sent his letter below to Matson Kelley:
April 15, 2015
Dear Mr. Kelley,
This letter is in response to your previous attempts to force Mr. Giordano to execute a "Quit-claim Deed" transferring title to the property located at TMK (2)2-4-021-007-0000 to your client, Ms. Kimberly Caspillo.
First, it is not clear that your client has the standing to assert a taxpayer's right of redemption. In 1987, the property was deeded to her mom, Mrs. Moana Penelope Martin Ramos, and her mom's sister, Julia Keikioewa Talifolau, as tenants in common. A later recorded deed dated 2001 was ineffective in divesting Mrs. Talifolau of her interest in the property. Upon Moana Ramos's death, her property interest was transferred to Mrs. Julia Talifolau. Therefore, the title is in Mrs. Talifolau, not Mrs. Caspillo.
Second, Mr. Giordano invested a significant amount of money after purchasing the property to rehabilitate the house and garage. At the time of purchase last year, the property was uninsurable because it was filthy and falling apart at the seams (see enclosed photos). Any purchase price or litigation bond must include the full amount of these improvements, which total over 100K at this time. Litigation will also flush out whether or not any criminal theft occurred before your client vacated the property last July as the copper pipes were sawed off before Mr. Giordano was able to take possession of the property from Mrs. Talifolau and other tenants. This matter also affects the purchase price.
Third, given the substantial investment our client has made and your client's failure to pay taxes or maintain this property in a sanitary condition for many years, it appears that Mrs. Caspillo is merely acting as a front for a third-party investor who may wish to flip the property. This violates the underlying public policy of H.R.S. §246-60, which is to allow a bonafide property owner and homeowner the opportunity to recover their residence.
In summary, this is not a straightforward case of redemption. Our client has made a substantial investment in this property that is not reflected in your offered purchase price of $78,000. Further, Mr. Giordano is not interested in participating in a fraudulent property transfer as the 2001 deed raises serious questions about whether your client comes to this transaction with clean hands and even has title to the property. Finally, Mr. Giordano is not interested in selling this property.
For these reasons, on behalf of our clients, we respectfully decline your purchase offer.
There are no available legal documents on record since this date legalizing Kimberly back on the title. Nor did she come forward when her mom passed away regarding possible probate. Please see the pictures also sent in the attachments, and perhaps you will get an idea of why. Perhaps the pictures also explain why no taxes have been paid dating back to 1987 when the inheritance was recorded.
- Terrance M. Revere
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Unfortunately, when Terrence became aware of who the plaintiffs were, Maui’s chief judge Cardoza who awarded Terrence his biggest verdict of his career in the amount of 4 million dollars, he paved the way for them by not responding to any court proceedings for over four months, which allowed them to gain full advantage of the court's proper and necessary filing proceedings.
I called the Terrence office weekly to report that I was receiving letters from plaintiffs about their progress in going through the legal court motions to steal our homes through the court systems.
Mr. Revere actually advised us to do nothing until we were legally served with the complaint. I had told him we were never served, but again, plaintiffs lied and said they did. Thus, I asked Mr. Revere to assume they did as the courts believed they did.
Terrence's failure to act on our behalf gave the plaintiff a five-month head start at the beginning of the case. During that time, they took several actions, none of which we were informed of and all of which our attorney allowed to go forward without any effort to object or protect our interests in any manner. Plus, his costs were mounting to break me financially.
It became obvious that Terrance Revere was aiding and abetting plaintiffs. I threatened to get another attorney because Terrence was clearly in cohoots with plaintiffs.
More Of Terrance M. Revere's Treachery
The plaintiffs alleged they finally served their complaint to our attorney, Terrance M. Revere, on August 5, 2015. The return of service was filed three months after the original complaint was filed, during which time our attorney had deliberately made no response to the complaint and had recorded nothing with the court.
Because of Mr. Revere's willful failure to respond to the complaint, the plaintiff moved for entry of a default judgment against us on August 23, 2015. Judgment was duly awarded, but not by the sitting judge for the case, Rhonda Loo. In her stead, Matson Kelley's mentor and co-conspirator, Chief Judge Joseph E. Cardoza, awarded the default judgment to his protégé, Matson, without notice or hearing to us.
Finally, after months of pleading that our attorney, Terrance M. Revere, act professionally in our interest, it became apparent to us that his past and projected future connection with Judge Cardoza was of more value to him than his hourly billing that we paid to his firm. He simply ignored all our attempts to speak with him directly and instead had his secretary inform us that he was out of town and unavailable.
Once Terrance our attorney knew who was behind the plot to steal our homes, he played along with the phony story Matson the plaintiff created. Even suggesting that all plaintiffs need is a sealed birth certificate to prove she is the real daughter, thus able to sell any rights she may have.
My response to Terrence was “the Title-Report states that, in fact, she is the daughter of Moana, who has passed away; it's irrelevant as she was quit-claimed off the title in 2001 by her mother. You yourself said this.”
Terrance M. Revere, Esq. advertises himself as "the most benevolent dictator" of Revere & Associates, LLC in 'paradise.' He is widely known as a double-dealing agent for the 'Cardoza branch' of Hawaii's Judicial Mob.
After repeated efforts to contact Terrance had failed, Mr. Revere actually withdrew from representing us personally.
Terrance Revere then passed our case to his newly hired young attorney, Andrew Chianese. Perhaps Terrance felt that Andrew, being new, would be overmatched and lose the case so that Terrance would not have to dirty his hands.
Terrance was incorrect, thinking he hired a young man who would be overmatched by a handful of the most skilled attorneys in the law. It was the other way around; Andrew was a step ahead of the plaintiffs from the start on our behalf.
Mr. Revere’s newly licensed but brilliant attorney, Andrew Chianese, immediately requested all the relevant documents concerning the case, and the plaintiff's secretaries responded on February 19, 2015. The papers they provided included, apparently by mistake, an authentic invoice from both Matson's partner, David Whittenburg, for a title search and a bill from private investigator Steve Goodenow to locate Moana's daughter, Kimberly.
This letter alone proves that Matson sought out the daughter, Kimberly. She did not hire him, as he alleged, to start this case.
Andrew assured me that this invoice was highly damaging to the plaintiff's position in the case. It showed conclusively that Kimberly did not hire the plaintiffs, as Matson claimed in his letter to me.
But instead, Matson's Partner, David Whittenburg in the newly formed Hiehie LLC conducted a title search for our property in 2014, looking for clues for whom Matson could possibly bribe, corrupt, or con so he could claim some sort of alliance or partnership in which to steal our property. Matson chose Kimberly as his weak link.
What happened the following months are grounds for criminal charges against Chief Judge Cardoza, who authorized a phony and risky Ex-Parte or probate and awarded his protégé, Matson, and Matson’s registered agent, David Whittenburg, both members of HieHie, LLC., who allegedly and falsely claimed to own half the rights to our properties with a phony affidavit from Kimberly the daughter. The affidavit claims in writing she Quit claimed it for ten dollars.
This behind-closed-door illegal hearing was carried out while my first attorney, Terrance, stood by and did nothing but continue to distract me from the truth with misdirection with their red herrings of if plaintiffs can prove with a certified birth certificate the daughter in question is truly the daughter of a deceased sister they may have a legitimate case for 50% of the homes.
No will, trust, or probate could ever be produced; these facts of law did not stop their efforts.
Thus, plaintiffs created an alleged probate much too late in this case to benefit themselves! After all, my so-called attorney, Terrance, realized this judge's influence was far more beneficial to his career than morals and ethics were.
Back to newly appointed attorney Andrew Chianese, a brilliant young lawyer.
Andrew was a step once more ahead of them, he filed an objection to the emergency Ex Parte probate, saying he was not notified of the proceeding and, in his opinion, as he said, the only emergency was to permit the plaintiff to obtain our property illegally.
Andrew also suggested that a lien be placed on the property by us to prevent the title from being stolen by Matson Kelley or by whom he even thought at the time might just well be Matson Kelley's uncle - Chief Judge Joseph Cardoza.
Andrew Chianese’s efforts must have made them think twice about the crime they were committing. On Mon, Jan 18, 2016, Andrew Chianese sent me an email stating, and I quote, “Opposing Counsel essentially agreed that it has only purchased allegedly a 50% of the redemption rights. And asked about a possible settlement.”
I instructed Andrew to do the calculations and come up with a number for plaintiffs to buy me out. Andrew came up with 1.2 million-plus attorney fees and explained to plaintiffs how he came up with this figure.
I okayed the letter asking why they would buy my half when it appears Matson Kelley’s mentor, the chief judge, is hell-bent on breaking any and all rules of law to make sure his protégé, Matson Kelley, gets 50% anyway. The plaintiffs must have felt the same, as they declined the offer.
At this late time, we strongly suspected favoritism and/or nepotism and used the computer to connect the dots of Maui’s chief judge, Cardoza, to his close friend and protégé per-diem judge/attorney, Matson Kelley. My family spent thousands of hours online researching the relationship between Cardoza and Fredrick. We sent our findings of Cardoza's Family Tree to Andrew Chianese, my then-appointed counsel from Terrance Revere.
We found evidence proving that they were related, which we then sent to Andrew Chianese, which is below. Attached is Joseph E. Cardoza and Fredrick Matson Kelly's family tree. It appears the chief judge, Cardoza, and Matson Kelley are related by marriage! And the fact that Matson Kelly was the long time president of the Hawaii state bar, no wonder all my complaints to the bar fell on deaf ears.
Andrew D. Chianese went as far as to ask the courts why the high judge chief judge Cardoza was able to take over the case? Joseph's reply was, he was familiar with the case. No doubt as he and Matson were partners.
On June 28th, 2016, Andrew Chianese wrote back to me:
"This is definitely something. I can potentially add the request for Joseph E. Cardoza to recuse himself in the motion to reconsider.
We could potentially get him under 2.11 if Matson is within the third degree of relationship with Cardoza, though from my reading of the definition, he is in the third degree with his sister and not his wife."
Judge Joseph E. Cardoza's sister lived in Santa Clara, California. Attorney/per Diem judge Fredrick Matson Kelley also grew up in Santa Clara, California. COINCIDENCE? Why would Maui’s chief judge knowingly commit fraud unless it was for family or someone just as special?
Moving Back to our Kangaroo Court Case
Andrew D. Chianese informed us well over a year prior that Steve Goodenow's invoice was an essential document and that he would present it in court at the right time if needed. What Invoice? The one in writing that proved in Kimberly's depositions about Matsons allegations of her hiring him as a complete lie.
Two years later, during depositions, my second attorney, Paul Sulla’s counsel, Ms. Lockey White, asked Kimberly several times whether she knew the attorney Fredrick Matson Kelley, who claimed to have been hired by her to represent her mother's estate; Kimberly responded, "I did not know him or hire him."
Ms. Lockey then said we have evidence that proves Matson did indeed pay to locate you. This letter was the one my first loyal and brilliant attorney mentioned if necessary.
Kimberley’s newly appointed attorneys objected and said this question was based on hearsay with no evidence to back it up!
Ms. Lockey White, Paul's counsel, my second attorney then produced the invoice from. The Hawaii Investigative Group, LLC by Steve Goodenow, for service rendered for the location of Kimberly Castillo & obtaining documents. This bill, dated Feb 19, 2015, was sent directly to the law office of Matson Kelley and signed by Matson Kelley. The balance due to Steve Goodenow was $3699.67.
Before Kimberly could respond to the original question, one of Kimberly's attorneys shouted, "I was not aware of this document. In fact, it's privileged information. I wish it back and for it to be stricken from this and all records."
[Note: This is 'evidence tampering,' a misdemeanor in Hawaii. In this instance, the evidence raises a probable cause of conspiracy to defraud for stealing a million property 'under color of law.' The mailing of such documents for purposes of defrauding and committing 'Theft in the First Degree' could also raise the claim of mail fraud that could be punishable by up to twenty years in prison. No wonder Matson Kelley's accomplice squawked! The evidence was devastating to their case.]
Ms. White declined the attorney's demand for the document’s return, and Kimberly stated she was not aware of Steve Goodenow’s search for her or its cost. Again I urge you to read the entire deposition by Kimberly Caspillo or start at page 72-75.
This mistake by plaintiffs is what Andrew, the brilliant young attorney, was referring to. I rewrote Mr. Revere’s newly licensed but brilliant attorney, Andrew Chianese, immediately requesting all the relevant documents concerning the case, and the plaintiff's secretaries responded on February 19, 2015. The papers they provided included, apparently by mistake, an authentic invoice from both Matson's partner, David Whittenburg, for a title search and a bill from private investigator Steve Goodenow to locate Moana's daughter, Kimberly.
Moving on, two years later on February 20, 2016, an illegal emergency ex-parte hearing was initiated by Cheif judge Cardoza, which sitting judge Rhonda Loo turned a blind eye to. Please note that this is a violation after the redemption period has passed, but is was allowed by sitting judge Rhona Loo.
Our attorney, Terrance M. Revere, did not object to the emergency ex-parte motion. Instead, Mr. Revere removed his appointed attorney, Andrew Chianese, from our case. Note: without Andrew we had no chance as he alone had integrity.
Terrance then took charge of our case personally, as Terrance did prior to writing the letter to Matson Kelley. Terrance then allowed the plaintiff to do whatever they wished to enforce their fraudulent case to "steal our property." It was then that Terrance M. Revere wrote, informing us that the plaintiff needed entry to our homes at 1020 Hiehie Street, Makawao, HI 96768.
We realized our suspicions: Terrance was indeed working for the plaintiffs instead of us.
We refused, but Mr. Revere told us that the plaintiff could and would get a court order to gain entry, which I would be obligated to pay for their time.
I eventually caved in and allowed them entry, not knowing or being told that the realtor who entered came to do an appraisal of how much rent and liability we would owe Matson Kelley for using the property for the time we were there repairing both properties. In the four years of ownership, we spent just 60 days there, mainly working - plus, we had hired a full-time gardener for those four years and other licensed contractors to get the homes insured.
Next, incredibly, Mr. Revere asked us to sign back over the lien; Andrew Chianese, his own appointed attorney, had filed and recorded for our protection. We refused and finally were forced to fire Mr. Terrance Revere. It became clear that Terrance was not working in our interest but was part of the fraud being perpetrated against us. We had to find another attorney. We requested two months’ time to do so.
Update on Andrew Chianese
And back to the story, note that Mr. Andrew Chianese worked for Terrance Revere, my first self-dealing attorney; now, he works for the plaintiff.
Andrew was the only honest attorney we had during this entire circus of a court case.
Plaintiff hiring Andrew Chianese was expected as Andrew was young, honest, and brilliant. Little wonder the plaintiffs hired him, as he alone could expose the facts and bring the entire corrupt land stealing empire down.
Andrew was so good he had to be withdrawn from representing us, hope he commands a large payday from plaintiffs.
We believed full well at this time that if Andrew Chianese was allowed to work our case legitimately and without being handcuffed in the middle of my case by his boss, Terrance, it would have been easy for Andrew to have our case dismissed. But of course, in Matson Kelley’s back pocket was his mentor - Maui’s chief judge, Joseph Cardoza.
We feel Andrew had the combined knowledge and ability to expose this crime ring. Hopefully, this young attorney’s first case with blatant fraud that goes against his idealism demands a salary that is satisfactory to keep this honest, law-abiding, and sincere young man silent, as now he works against his conscience, which has to be a hard blow.
Andrew was my oldest son's age and had the same integrity, as he said, his father was his most significant influence and was an honorable man. Oddly, I felt Kimberly and Julia, like us, were victims. We felt Andrew was also used but, in the long run, and was forced to compromise his integrity.
After doing so well against plaintiffs, Andrew must have been told the truth by his boss, Terrance: Kirk isn’t supposed to win this case.
The letter below was Andrew's way of letting me know he had no choice but to throw my case. It was an epiphany for me to read the letter, which I was billed a mere 60 dollars for. It reads, “Plaintiffs have a paragraph on paper saying she is indeed the daughter, and Andrew is off the case.”
Click here to see this letter of misdirection »
As repetitive as this is, we knew she was the daughter but had quitclaimed her rights away in 2001.
The letter from Andrew broke my heart as it was a striking realization that I now had no real counsel. I can’t put into words the confusion and heartache I suffered for weeks after that letter.
I was forced to fire Terrance M. Revere in 2017.
LIGHTNING STRIKES US AGAIN
I now had no choice but to interview for new counsel, I figured this would take at least two months as this case was rigged from the start. Chief Judge Cardoza only allowed me a mere two weeks to find an attorney or forfeit the case. From past experience, I knew no one from Maui would represent me for fear of their careers. We searched the big island and had little choice as time was running out and hired an attorney named Paul J. Sulla. I told him my story over the phone, explaining Kimberly was the daughter, but it was used as a deliberate con of misdirection. We were desperate and thus emailed to ask if we could get an extension to give us the necessary time needed to hire another attorney. Still, Chief Judge Joseph Cardoza denied this reasonable request.
Even with our doctors showing proof, we had contracted Lyme disease and needed time to recover, plus research to choose another attorney.
This was yet another advantage: Chief Judge Cardoza handed Matson his protege. I can imagine them having a good laugh at my newly hired attorney, knowing full well that Paul Sulla was as crooked as plaintiffs and even if he could win, he's susceptible to bribery.
As Maui's chief judge, Cardoza, only allowed two weeks to find new counsel, we had no time to research properly. I saw a picture of Paul Sulla with three Hawaiian women in the photo, which made him look like a caring man. Had we been given ample time, we may have Googled "PAUL SULLA" and SIMPLY ADDED THE WORD "FRAUD.”
See Article:
Attorney Indicted For Alleged Forged Deed, Real Estate Theft
We learned too late that Paul Sulla did indeed know all about real estate fraud, as he was at this time also on trial for fraud for the same crime I hired him to expose!
Upon hearing what took place with our case, Paul J. Sulla said, "Maui is a cesspool of corruption" and that the appointed law firm for the plaintiff was no more than a 'glorified collection agency.'
And after reading the title report, Paul Sulla acknowledged that saying Kimberly was the daughter was a desperate and deliberate con of misdirection in case an attorney could not be bribed or joined in the mockery.
Originally Paul commented, “Can’t anyone read a damned title report? It clearly shows she has no rights.”
Paul mentions this case is a sham, but he, too, later got on board with their absurd claim after proving them to be liars.
After Paul Sulla reviewed our case file, Paul said there were two cases to be dealt with:
(1) fraud in the form of the emergency ex-parte probate and
(2) the illegal redemption claim that followed it.
Paul said that if he appealed it to a higher court, the probate fraud would be thrown out, as it was not legal, and we could then deal with the redemption issue.
Paul's retainer fee would cost me $30,000 to take the case, I agreed as I was beaten up and desperate.
I was told not to send a check as he would have to pay taxes on the money earned, so instead, Paul had me send the retainer fee from two separate credit cards. In this way, he claimed he could avoid paying taxes.
This should have alerted me to Paul's ethics; however, I was too demoralized and easily manipulated.
Paul originally got off to a great start which we then reluctantly hoped to trust and have faith in his abilities in moving on well over two years later, he had second circuit chief judge Cardoza's illegal ex-parte overturned by the third circuit court of three “independent” Judges who had authority over Cardoza’s blatant actions.
However, with Cardoza in charge, the third circuit judge’s verdicts meant nothing, as crooked Cardoza turned his blind eye to their ruling on this case.
Paul first had Cardoza’s illegal probate overturned by the Third Circuit Court.
The third circuit electronically filed Intermediate Court of Appeals CAPP-16-0000749, 04-April-2017, at 08:19 AM.
This four-page motion to dismiss for lack of appellate Jurisdiction was signed by Leonard, the presiding Judge, and two associate judges, Reiforth and Ginoza. It's detailed and written, among other truths. (regarding the three requirements for the collateral order doctrine); HRS 641-1(b) (regarding the requirements for an appeal from an interlocutory order).
Absent an appealable HPR Rule34 final judgment or interlocutory order, we lack appellate jurisdiction, and appellant Giordano’s appeal is premature. Therefore, it is hereby ordered that Appellee Wittenburgs February 16, 2017, motion to dismiss appellate court Case number CAAP-16-0000749 is granted, and the Appellant court case is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction. Dated Honolulu, Hawaii April 4, 2017.
Appellate jurisdiction includes the power to reverse or modify the lower court's decision; this was produced to reverse Maui's Chief judge, Joseph E. Cardoza’s illegal decision to circumvent self-serving probates. With Matson Kelley’s special administrator that claimed an emergency exists such that he, David Whittenburg, a member of Hie Hie LLC, be appointed as special administrator to declare an emergency exists for probate without a hearing.
Paul J. Sulla found this out but did nothing about it, except send the results to me. It turned out Paul had a pending court case himself for the same crime I hired him to expose. Paul's crimes were also stealing a doctor’s home in Hawaii.
Another Well Used Scam to Attain the Trust of Hawaiian People
Like his previous scam, Matson Kelley started that fraud and won the case as his mentor and colleague was the Chief Judge of Maui. They shared the same office, courthouse, and clubhouse. They attended the same functions, including the grand opening of an alleged self-help clinic, which opened in Maui on October 17, 2012, to help those in need of legal advice on their property.
At this time, Matson Kelley attended his mentor, Cardoza, and even Hawaii's Chief judge, Mark E. Ruckenwald, or the highest court in Hawaii the ninth circuit was there.
There are many pictures of Mark and Cardoza together but never any of Cardoza and his nephew, Matson Kelley. Why?
Ironically, people come to them for legal advice. When someone discloses their financial problems with pending land or homes, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel for these crooks.
This method is how Matson Kelley found out about Kirk’s newly purchased homes, bought at the annual county tax auction. The former owner said she went to a self-help, legal advice clinic after the 7th month in which Kirk allowed her to live rent-free until she could find a home.
This was no crime for Juila to go there. The crime was Matson heard of this and took advantage of what he knew to be big money with the Chief judges help.
Facts: when anyone purchases a tax deed sale at the Maui County Hawaiian Auction Center, these homes are for sale to pay off any delinquent or back taxes owed. It is well understood that if the legal owner can raise the money to buy back, the law will allow them a one-year redemption for this purpose. The law is specific that only taxpayers can buy back!
In Serion v. Thornton, 104 Haw. 79 (2004), the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals stated that the redemption provision regarding tax sales must be liberally construed in favor of the taxpayer.
The law clearly states that if redemption were to occur, any previous owners or taxpayers must pay back the total purchase price paid at the tax auction plus 12%. Plus, any work or repairs deemed necessary to obtain insurance or make the home habitable must also be added to the new buyer's purchase price at the auction. This law only permits this privilege to legal owners or taxpayers.
Oddly enough, no one ever paid taxes on the two homes for 26 years. Thus, Kirk became the only taxpayer for these two properties.
Matson’s fraud started when he was aware that he (with his mentor’s help, the chief judge of Maui, HI) might be able to steal Kirk’s homes valued at close to two million dollars - plus get paid by the state to try a case they were to benefit financially from.
Both Matson and his accomplice, his mentor and chief judge of Maui, Cardoza, realized they had no legal case. Both judges surely scrutinized the title report, searching for methods to exploit it.
Only a month before, both judges had gotten away with this crime by robbing many native and religious Hawaiians. They decided to use the same deception and pattern to steal Kirk’s properties. Thus, dates were input to give the illusion they were within a homeowner’s right of redemption to buy back, except they weren't the homeowners! Nor were they the correct dates.
Their real leverage is that they are judges with clout. Once Kirk informed them who he would be up against, he could not find an attorney in Maui who would take his case. As one attorney told Kirk, if he took the case, it would be attorney suicide, as they would never expect to win another case in Maui, no matter how strong a case he had.
Another fact worth mentioning is if Julia Keikioewa did indeed contact an attorney specializing in Hawaii's redemption laws. If she could produce the cash needed, she would have been within her rights to buy back under redemption laws.
Who is Julia?
She was the sole owner now that her sister had passed. That meant she held complete ownership of the property, giving her full control to sell, lease or modify it without needing permission from anyone else. But first, she would have to pay all the back city taxes and other fees.
We received our first letter written and dated May 11, 2015, from Mr. Paul L. Horikawa, whose letter seemed genuine with his request. It stated that Julia wished to buy back the property, "which was her right, under Hawaii's redemption period of law." This devastated us as we knew Julia could do this but realized we would at least receive all our cash back for taxes plus the cost of repairs.
We felt Julia deserved the homes her father built. After a few days of reflecting upon our situation, we felt our time and money spent on repairs were well spent.
We considered selling our belongings or donating them to Julia as it would cost as much to return to us and would genuinely benefit her new life.
We received a second letter nine days later from Attorney Paul Horikawa, dated May 11, 2015. It was a retraction letter advising us that Julia hereby cancels her notice to redeem, and we apologize for any inconvenience.
See the letters from Paul here »
Is it possible within those nine days that Mr. Horikawa found out that the homes were already in the process of being stolen by none other than the Chief Judge, who was and would preside over all his future cases?
Little wonder Julia’s legal redemption efforts were tossed under the bus too.
I bring up this fact that should be pointed out to demonstrate the clout of crooked Cardoza, and to prove a point that our cause was rigged from the start.
The facts show that Matson Kelley wanted our property for himself, not for another, as he lived 5 minutes up the road from our properties. Before his mentor, the chief judge awarded him our property or before Matson hired his detective to find a daughter with no claims to bribe with perjury as being heir to our property: Matson had my property in an LLC. That's how confident our homes would eventually and indelibly be by an enormous gift from his mentor, Maui Chief judge Cardoza, who risked his license and liberty for protégé Matson Kelley.
Need more proof of a fraud case?
I hired yet another attorney who used to practice in Hawaii and was familiar with redemption laws in Hawaii.
Two long years into this nightmare we had a consultation with an attorney, Dow Patten, who formally specialized in Hawaiian real estate redemption laws. As he was referred to us by other attorneys, although at a cost of 600 per hour, I felt I had so much cash into this case already, I wanted answers.
We asked about the daughter, Kimberly, having any interest in the property under the terms of Hawaii's redemption program. He informed us that he would need at least ten hours to review all documents up to that point.
Mr. Patten also confirmed our suspicions.
Mr. Patten concluded from his ten hours of research that:
Suppose a will, trust, or probate could not be proven. Kimberly could not buy back an interest in the property since allowing her to do so would violate two laws in Hawaii. The Homestead Act of 1920 and the underlying public policy of H.R.S. 246-60 would enable only legal property owners the opportunity to recover their residence following a tax sale.
When the property and the homes on it were auctioned in 2014 for non-payment of taxes for the past 26 years, that sale became final because no documents purporting to be a will, trust, or probate of Moana Ramos were brought forward - and also because her daughter, Kimberly, had not previously obtained any interest in the property under the Homestead Act. When Kimberly signed the quit-claim deed disposing of her interest in the property in 2001, she also signed away her birthright interest as a Hawaiian native.
His letter was sent in the mail, plus emailed to Terry or Terrance Revere, as Terrance uses both names.
I've added Dow Patten’s letter as the plaintiff argued they never received the notice of Serion V. Thornton’s case.
See Attorney Dow Patten Research Letter and report of Serion v Thornton case »
Not only does Mr. Patten’s letter prove that Terrance Revere received his information on February 1, 2016, but it also proves that Mr. Patten did indeed email it to both Terry Revere and his associates and even to Andrew, my appointed counsel at the time of his findings.
The 7-page letter was written from our hired attorney located in San Francisco, Dow Patten, as the plaintiff argued they never received the notice of Serion V. Thornton’s case. As if they didn't already realize that only Tax payers have the right to purchase or redeem.
Dow added too much information to list here but said Matson violated a conflict of interest law and also mis-cites the Maui code at “3.148.270." The correct citation is 3.48.270, and it also mentions if the Plaintiffs can provide or prove the daughter did indeed have a will, trust, probate, or was assigned as an heir, the best Matson can obtain was 50% of the title.
Fact: plaintiffs could not provide any evidence of allowing her back on title, wills, trust or probates.
At this stage of this nightmare case, we realized that we could not challenge this fraud. My attorney Paul Sulla was in their back pocket also.
Maui Courtroom Crimes: A Mistake, or Willful Blindness?
Note: we realize Kimberly was also a victim of this fraud, most of which was perpetrated without her knowledge and in reliance upon unethical advice given her by Matson Kelley and others; Kimberly at least received ten dollars so Matson says at the beginning in his affidavit, then $10,000 in actual deposition, payment for the ordeal the conspirators put her through. Kimberly was supplied with two of the best attorneys in Hawaii to protect her from perjury at the deposition; naturally, the two attorneys were no doubt provided to protect Matson Kelley and his clan’s criminal activities.
I was told, the final verdict was read by Judge Loo but was signed by Judge Cardoza, allowing the sitting judge, Rhonda Loo, to choose willful blindness to Chief Judge Joseph E. Cardoza’s verdict. Cardoza was responsible for approving the motion and took over jurisdiction to stall the case further. His subordinate, Rhonda Loo, could have chosen to keep her job instead of enforcing the law she was sworn to uphold. Without incriminating herself, she merely turned a “blind eye” to the facts and allowed their phony Emergency Ex-Parte Probate to go forward by simply ignoring the third circuit's higher ranking, neither the sitting judge Rhonda Loo, who rendered the original probate verdict, nor Maui's Chief Judge, Joseph E. Cardoza, acknowledged the reversal.
Both judges, Joseph E. Cardoza, Maui's chief judge, and sitting judge Rhona Loo, amazingly, turned a “blind eye" yet again to the decision rendered by the Third Circuit (supposedly) a higher court that removed their self-dealing illegal and premature emergency ex-parte order.
Obviously, they had a more ominous reason to ignore the rulings. The sitting judge, Rhonda Loo, as well as the Chief judge of Maui, Cardoza, also continued to ignore the fact that there was no real legal case, as Matson's Kelley claimed at the beginning by dismissing the title report written by Old Republic national insurance company as a litigation guarantee, Guarantee No. A50001-LITA-152595 order No. 6707001127.
Note: Old Republic is one of the most trusted title companies in the world. This tax deed was granted by the mayor, Alan M. Arakawa, which held that the daughter had signed off any rights in 2001.
Again, Maui’s Chief judge, Cardoza, continued aiding and abetting his mentor, Matso Kelley, by abusing his court-appointed powers vested in him.
Unbelievable? Welcome to my so-called court case! Conflict of interest throughout this case is being played out for ominous reasons. Little wonder we always felt the victims in a crime drama horror movie.
The authors, editors, and witnesses to this conspiracy and others similar to it have compiled this report on behalf of the victims and society at large. They detail their personal experiences and describe how they were impacted by the conspiracy in the hope that a federal prosecutor or legitimate Hawaiian law enforcement agency will be able to read and use the information provided herein. Their testimonies expose the persons who organized and operated this conspiracy, which is now more pervasive in Hawaii than any other state in the United States, according to our knowledge and belief as investors and whistleblowers.
Those who have prepared this article, including the principal writer, Quentin Thomas Wells (pictured), who was previously an officer with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, do not seek to recover their losses or extract monetary compensation. It’s too late to reverse the damage done by those who defrauded our loved ones and us. But, we hope that we can prevent others from suffering similar losses through the judicial machinations of this continuing criminal enterprise that includes several of Hawaii’s corrupt judges and their lawyers.
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I felt we got lucky when I found and contacted Quentin Wells, a former CIA agent. Quentin talked with the FBI about this brazen crime; he was instructed not to send the 2 feet of manipulated and falsified paperwork. Instead, just the title report, as that's all that was needed to understand the crimes that Maui's chief judge, Cardoza, was committing.
I also contacted the FBI agent that was recommended by Quentin Wells. I was transferred to a woman accommodating and urged me to send them just the title report. However, and unfortunately, I was unable to contact her again after this phone call for reasons unknown to me.
Note from Quinton Wells ex, CIA agent: the victims of this conspiracy have been defrauded of their money, deprived of their property, and have suffered heavy damage to their lives and to the health and welfare of their families, all because they earned enough cash to buy two homes in paradise, Maui, Hawaii.
Kirk's family saved for ten years and sold his home, earning the cash they needed to move his contracting business to Maui to experience the "American Dream" of owning a home in paradise and relocating his plastering business there - even buying the domain name “MauiPlastering.com”. Instead, they faced a costly, endless Hawaiian nightmare.
The sad truth is that the fraudulent plaintiffs behind the scam risked nothing. Judge Cardoza and his protégé, Matson Kelly, profited handsomely via systematic judicial corruption for years, unscathed.
His mentor, the chief judge, and colleague sitting judge Rhonda Loo were paid by the state to try a case they were involved in at the taxpayer's expense.
Chief Judge Joseph E. Cardoza and Attorney/Per-Diem Judge Fredrick Kelley were so bold with their lies that they were beyond belief. It's difficult to imagine that any judge or attorney would risk the loss of license or liberty or exposure as crooks to friends, family, and co-workers by engaging in such a criminal conspiracy.
It was the Giordanos and others like them who tried to play by the rules and treat others fairly, who risked their lives and the family fortune.
David Wittenberg and Matson Kelley are both members of HieHie LLC, the crooks who gained financially from the theft of my homes—another conflict of interest and against Serion v. Thornton, 104 Haw. 79 (2004)
This circus of law showmanship is now in the new ringmaster’s hands. Paul Sulla continues with what I felt was a useless deposition. We knew Kimberly was Moana's daughter. This information was on the title report. Perhaps Paul Sulla had to make it seem official. He was capable of exposing this fraud.
I continue to explain, "We know Kimberly is the real daughter. Stop wasting my money and time on a deliberate and misleading affidavit." Paul Sulla continued to suggest a deposition is necessary, and we'll get all the cash back when he exposes them.
Then, hopefully, get a dismissal and start our punitive damage case against these men.
I had no choice but to agree to Paul Sulla's deposition request and its expenses.
Paul J. Sulla does indeed set up a deposition during which his associate, Lockey E. White, deposed Kimberly and extracted facts from her despite the fact she had not one but two attorneys representing her.
In a deposition made two years after this fraud was started, it's proven that Fredrick Matson Kelley was a liar and thief. I paid a fortune to be told what we already knew: Matson Kelley was a crook. Kimberly repeatedly admitted that she did not know Matson Kelley, did not hire him as an attorney and had never met him.
This was a two-hour deposition; I will highlight some of the blatant and pointless lies since I was led in this intentional direction to stall the case further and break me financially and mentally.
When Kimberly was asked why she did not attend the emergency ex-parte order when she was the sole beneficiary of the probate proceeding and the person the plaintiff claimed to represent, Kimberly stated for the record that she did not want the property described in the probate nor to get involved in the probate proceeding. Attorney Lockey White, Paul J. Sulla's appointed attorney to handle my case, asked this question repeatedly to establish beyond doubt that Fredrick Matson Kelley, the attorney who claimed to represent Kimberly in the probate proceeding, had lied about being hired to represent her.
When Kimberly was asked why she would sell houses worth possibly $800,000 before we spent two years repairing them for a mere $10,000 - the sum Fredrick Matson Kelley had bribed her for her non-existent interest in the property - Kimberly responded with, "I did not want it if I had any rights to it at all."
This is also worth mentioning - on other documents, Matson claims she quitclaimed him the homes for ten dollars.
Kimberly was a woman of modest means. When asked how she could afford two expensive attorneys to defend her and who paid her fees, both attorneys again strenuously objected because they represented Kimberly but were being paid by Matson Kelley. If this fact became part of Kimberly's testimony, Kelley would be revealed as having fabricated a corrupt proceeding and would be liable with his associates in the scheme for punitive damages and criminal prosecution. Kimberly did not respond to this question, but the conspiracy continued. White had developed sufficient evidence in Kimberly’s deposition to win our case. The fraud of Matson Kelley and Joseph E. Cardoza was indeed exposed at this deposition.
Despite the revelations of this deposition, Ms. White told me over the cell phone the same day that I may as well sign the property over to the plaintiff as Chief Judge Joseph Cardoza was hell-bent on ruling in the plaintiffs' favor, no matter the facts of the case. Ms. White then informed us we could and should open a new case at the federal level to regain all our monies back and sue Matson Kelley for punitive damages.
Before we could act on Ms. Lockey White’s success or even celebrate the fact that Lockey White had finally exposed the fraud: Paul J. Sulla, Ms. White's boss, called me the very next day and said, “The case was over, and the plaintiffs won." He said that despite what Kimberly had revealed about the fraud, the chief judge of Maui, Joseph E. Cardoza, was of the mindset that Kimberly's failure to get involved did not matter.
Paul politely explains to me that the plaintiffs have finally received the birth certificate—the day after their damning deposition.
The case is over; plaintiffs now win! She is the daughter!
This case became surreal after the deposition, as it was apparent Paul Sulla now blatantly sided with plaintiffs for his benefits. I felt handcuffed and trapped in a state of shock.
Now it was time for the planned betrayal by Paul Sulla and his exploitation of my family and me.
Attorney Paul J. Sulla then said, “We have no options left," and “we should settle." I said I was not going to be robbed by him or the plaintiffs and hand over 50% of my family's properties!
My confusion was growing faster than my logic could understand. Why on earth did Paul Sulla seem to be dismissing our case when his associate, Ms. White, had proved in the deposition that the plaintiffs' entire case was a blatant fraud? When I questioned Paul J. Sulla about his motives for this decision, all he would keep repeating was, "I’m sorry. It's not right, but they have won."
Paul Sulla said they produced the birth certificate of the daughter Kimberly and it proves she is Moana's legal daughter.
I protested from the beginning of this case; everyone realized Kimberly's is Moana’s legal daughter. That fact is in the deed. We’re contesting that she has no rights to sell property she has no legal rights to.
This idiotic red herring will always be perceived by any attorneys on the take or on the inside of this corruption.
That they to may be able to steal things and get rich like Matson Kelley. However you may need a chief judge in your family presiding over your case!
Paul Sulla, the crook attorney on the take again, simply ignored both our original reasonings and said the plaintiff would give us back only the cost we paid for the homes and added that, by negotiating hard, he had persuaded them to add an additional $30,000 to remove the lien set on the houses by Andrew Chianese in 2015.
I declined this offer and said I would go public with their corruption on our YouTube channel or Facebook, or even Twitter, where we have fifteen years and thousands of videos on home restorations with well over one hundred seventy-five thousand subscribers with fifty million views worldwide for help in obtaining a watchdog or news agency to expose these high-profile crooks, as I could find no honest lawyers.
I wrote I would never consent to sign any settlements that removed my first amendment of right to redress and grievances.
Even in my state of illness, I read nothing more than a blackmailed gag order.
Paul continued to call me with more threats, I continued saying they could keep the money I paid for the properties as it was nothing compared to the new property value and the time and money and illnesses from repairing the homes.
I wrote Paul not to call me back anymore as far as I was concerned, the case was closed - they won by owning the courthouse and his cooperation, not by reason.
Paul Sulla became more aggressive then before by trying to force me into signing. Paul spent weeks pressuring me to accept the gag order he was allowing them to blackmail me with. I decided not to respond to his calls and emails as it was obvious he was in cahoots with them for reasons I was about to find out in the future.
When I finally accepted his call, Paul threatened me with many more losses if I walked away without a signature to end the case. He pointed out I would be subject to criminal charges, have to pay all rent to plaintiffs for four years while we were repairing the homes, and be sued by the plaintiffs for hundreds of thousands of dollars for their legal fees. They would leverage their alleged cost by ten times against any wages I would earn in the future while working within my plastering trade.
Paul J. Sulla made a point of saying multiple times that unless I signed away my lien on the houses, the plaintiff would have the lien removed in a week, sue me for the above cost, and place a lien on my primary residence in California.
Paul Sulla's excessive anger was as if he were having his properties stolen instead of mine. Paul then gave me his ultimatum: if I didn't sign the settlement immediately, he would remove himself as the attorney on record the following morning.
Faced with the prospect of having to hire a third attorney to continue a battle entrenched in corruption in Hawaii's Maui court, with all the associated costs, was not even an option. Their combined demoralization had destroyed my cash and enthusiasm for righteousness, and prooved this case was fixed against me from the start.
It now seems like a nightmarish dream when plaintiffs wrote to negotiate a deal to purchase my half of the property or buy them out just over a year before.
Under the circumstances, I shamelessly admit these corrupt men broke me like a rotten stick.
After four years of bleeding me financially and the court proceedings of nothing but falsehoods, I was half the man than when I started to defend myself.
I didn’t feel as though they said "checkmate" as in a game of chess. Instead, I felt more like a lamb in an overgrown pasture of thorn bushes, unable to go backward or forward for fear of thorns slashing my skin either way. I realized these judges in Maui were in cahoots with attorneys with thorny hearts surrounding me. I knew I would get pierced in any direction I chose, as the entire case was corrupted from the start. Thus I signed their damned blackmailed gag order, as I didn’t want to risk my children's future with the debt Paul promised would be levied against me until paid.
Note from the Author:
This result is precisely what the 'Judicial Mob' in Hawaii feeds on – attrition. They wear citizens out using the corrupted courts. The judges are complicit, apparently bribed. Together, the co-conspirators delay, divert, multiply proceedings, run up legal fees, and wear 99% of honest, hard-working victims into submission.
All past victims who read this story should share it and demand that all cases involving Fredrick Matson Kelley and his mentor, Maui's chief judge Joseph E. Cardoza, be retried. It’s money they wish without any respect for law or honor.
I was in a state of shock. My subconscious instinct screamed in my head. Did Paul Sulla, too, have a connection with the Maui chief judge, Joseph Cardoza?
Does this sound preposterous? They did just this. The entire case or claim was just as nonsensical!
Paul Sulla won this case then sold me out. To save both Cardoza and Matsons reputation damage, loss of license or even liberty as well as what they truly wanted, our valuable homes today are worth a fortune.
To add insult to injury, Paul Sulla dared to call me and ask if I wanted to attend the final hearing to hear the verdict. I said, “Matson’s mentor the Maui Judge Cardoza has proven throughout this case he’s Hell-bent on handing his nephew 50% of our homes.”
Besides, I was too mentally and physically beat up to fly to Hawaii for a preordained herring. Paul Sulla sent his new young counsel to hear what we thought was to be Matson being awarded half our homes. So wrong yet again.
We checked for days online, and I’ll be damned. He did! If only We found these article before being duped by Paul:
Indeed Paul J. Sulla was on trial for the same criminal conduct.
See Article:
Attorney Indicted For Alleged Forged Deed, Real Estate Theft
Jul 25, 2022 — A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment against Paul Joseph Sulla, Jr., 76.
United States v. Sulla, CR. 22-00058 JAO-KJM (D. Haw. Dec. 15, 2023)
The case "United States v. Sulla, CR. 22-00058 JAO-KJM (D. Haw. Dec. 15, 2023)" refers to a criminal case, likely a trial or hearing, in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, with case number CR. 22-00058, and involving the defendant Sulla, with the case being presided over by judges JAO and KJM, and a decision rendered on December 15, 2023.
At this final hearing, Paul’s newly hired young attorney wrote to Paul. In the end, you could tell the judge was reading from a prewritten document when making her finding, conclusion, and order. She said that because of Serion v. Thornton, a motion to reconsider or challenge would be futile as it would be too late to admit this into evidence.
In Serion v. Thorton, the document was provided at least twice to both attorneys during this trial.
In writing by Dow Patent see Dow’s written report »
Lastly, Paul Sulla’s new young associate attorney wrote: There is no dispute that Hiehie is only half party as alleged but never proven. And that agreed that Julia also had a 50% interest at the tax sale time.
Apply plaintiffs proposed language just cited - it is perhaps the one thing plaintiffs cannot request: it is illegal.
It was my family who owned 100% of the homes on exactly May 20, 22015, one year after we purchased it at the auction, as the only one allowed to buy back was Julia, but she did not.
Joseph E. Cardoza illegally awarded his protégé, "Fredrick Matson Kelley," not just his alleged claim of 50% ownership of the homes, but the entire 100% of our homes.
Was it that Maui’s chief Judge Joseph E. Cardoza was retiring soon anyway? Thus, his actions could not resurface to haunt or bite him later.
Their so-called settlement was nothing but a blackmailed gag order crammed down my throat by Paul’s manipulations of financial threats to me. Supposedly to prevent me from exposing these crooks as well as him.
Quentin Wells, the ex-CIA agent who wrote this story, informed me that, contrary, I could expose this case as a whistleblower and had an obligation to do so for the Hawaiian people and the Hawaiian justice system.
Quentin added, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
Thus if you're a federal prosecutor and have jurisdiction over these matters, we pray, leverage justice!
We wish to publicly divulge all the information about this criminal case and possibly the continuing corruption in Hawaii State Courts that enabled it.
We want nothing in return except the public exposure of all those involved in the corruption, massive fraud, and criminal prosecution, which we believe is warranted and long overdue.
Victim/Whistle Blower's Request And Acknowledgements.
My family's horror story, as detailed above, actually happened. We went through more than four grueling years of hell through planned misdirection and misrepresentations by corrupt lawyers. The co-conspirators collaborated to rob my family and violate their sworn oaths, ethics codes, and public duties. Together, these judges and attorneys have caused outrageous and irreparable harm. They have stolen our financial future and, more importantly, our health, which we value beyond any monetary loss.
Note From Quintin Wells, ex-CIA member:
Most people have no idea what high-level robbery from Judges feels like unless they have experienced such injustice. Doctors and lawyers recognize post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by the horrors of war. Like everyone else who is victimized similarly by the judicial racket, suffer from what amounts to 'lawfare' against We the People.
The distinguished Judge Learned Hand said: "[A]s a litigant, I should dread a lawsuit beyond almost anything else short of sickness and death." (Merenda v. Superior Court (1992) 3 Cal. App. 4th 1, 11) What has been done to us has caused us to suffer morbidly and mortally.
We contracted Lyme disease and Malaria during our clean-up and restoration of our properties and through the distress of our legal battles, which now seem petty at this stage.
This demoralization has done the most damage to my family and me. They stole not only all my savings but also my grown children's inheritance, which in turn destroyed some of our ambitions.
It’s obvious we were hit twice by lightning: first by the hired attorney, Terrance M. Revere, and then by the property-stealing attorney, Paul J. Sulla.
Both aided and abetted the fraud perpetrated on us by Fredrick Matson Kelley. We realized that Paul Sulla sold us out for his benefit, to curry favor with future judges who were part of the corruption or could be bribed to overlook Paul’s litany of lies in other upcoming cases around this type of theft.
Ignoring and exploiting laws is a way of life with these men, as they have never been challenged or asked to explain to anyone their evil doings.
I speak for all the victims as an advocate. We pray to a news agency such as Sixty-Minutes to accept this story and expose it.
My appeal to our subscribers is to share this story
With our YouTube channel, we have well over a hundred seventy thousand subscribers with close to 50 million views and thousands of videos of how-to plaster. I’ve personally responded to over 40 thousand questions for free; helping others is really what life is about.
Kirk Giordano Plastering Stucco Channel,
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Again, if any federal prosecution agency has jurisdiction over this matter, please leverage justice if possible. I'm out of my league. These men have devastated me financially. Please get involved and make the Maui courthouses a place for real justice.
If any legitimate law firm also feels this story is unjust and dangerous and wants to reopen it and sue these guilty Plaintiffs for 10 million dollars each or more in punitive damages, I’ll cooperate fully with all the documents and emails.
Any money a law firm reaps they are welcome to keep it or donate it to a real victims program.
A bizarre thought, The day before the auction.
My girlfriend and I were in Maui at a park, playing on the grass. I was wearing new shorts, as the weather was hot. My wallet fell from my pocket. While we were walking away, my girlfriend saw it on the grass and asked, is that your wallet back there?
If only she hadn't noticed it.
I would not have had the ability to purchase these homes and thus would have avoided the most trauma ever inflicted on my family and me. This is a bizarre way to think, but the hell we went through and still suffer with today is too high a price to pay for the hell we received.
It held my sons' raised cash mixed with mine together in 3 cashier's checks in the amount of $25,000 each, totaling $75,000, ten thousand more than needed.
From which the next day, I was the highest bidder and purchased the condemned toxic homes for a mere $64,000 at the annual Maui property tax lien auction.
Would I do it again? Yes, as who would believe attorneys and judges would risk license and liberty to do what these so-called judges did?
At the end of this case when my so-called attorney, Paul Sulla, demanded I sign their blackmailed gag order to end the case or he would remove himself from the case the next day, with endless threats against my family -
I realized that even if I were wealthy and could take the case to the highest court in Hawaii, the ninth circuit (which was the Supreme Court in Hawaii), it was Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald who appointed Chief Judge Joseph Cardoza to the second circuit judge position in 2012 and his protege Matson Kelley to the per-diem Judge position in 2014.
Mark E. Recktenwald has mentioned and endorsed Holma, a partner and member of the Bays Lung Rose Holma legal team; this is the law firm that Matson Kelley hired to commit the fraud that robbed my family.
Thus, it would also be futile to take this case to the Hawaii Supreme Court, which is the highest court in Hawaii, as it is doubtful Mark E. Recktenwald would contradict his own appointee's story.
My family seems unable to get justice for the painful and shameless robbery of our homes located in Maui. Yet, at this time, it still kicks our asses mentally where anti-depressants are necessary for some of us.
A painful fact I realize is that even if this truthful court case gets the exposure it deserves, it would enhance Matson Kelley's reputation. He’d be referred to as a stud or honored by most who know him as the best con man in Maui. This sub-conscience title I hand him as, unfortunately, there’s little we can do against his reputation as an extortionist.
No doubt he has a picture of our homes with the ocean in the background on his mantel that serves as his personal trophy for inspiration to start his day like the average person does with the caffeine in coffee.
Matson’s law firm was successful in ignoring and manipulating laws, as the powers that be were in cahoots with their lies. It’s little wonder that our six-page complaint to the Hawaii Disciplinary Council office was ignored and not responded to. Matson Kelley also served as treasurer, vice president, and president of the Maui County Bar Board of Directors (2007-2013).
Little wonder our valid complaints to the HSBA were futile, as taking this case to the Supreme Court under Mark E. Recktenwald would have been. Mark assumed office on September 14, 2010, and again in 2020. His current term ends on October 8, 2025, when he reaches the mandatory age of 70.
Perhaps, then, justice can take place?
Thank you for any support,
Kirk Giordano of Kirk Giordano Plastering Inc.