Hawaii’s Democrat Lieutenant Governor INDICTED In Corruption Probe

Another Democrat has just been indicted as part of a corruption investigation.

Shocking, isn’t it?

Hawaii Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke was one of the individuals named in a grand jury indictment related to a COVID-19 scam.

She is being charged with criminal conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, and falsifying candidate committee reports.

Here are the details:

The Lt. Gov. of Hawaii, Sylvia Luke (D), has been indicted on charges including bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery.

Luke, a state lawmaker at the time, allegedly took a $35,000 bribe in 2022 related to a state contract for Covid testing.

A Covid scam. Imagine that. pic.twitter.com/T2nmptpRUE

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Allegedly, Luke accepted a bribe from a local businessman to use a company he recommended for a COVID-19 testing contract.

This happened while she was serving as a state lawmaker back in 2022.

Along with Luke, several other Hawaii officials were implicated in the corruption probe.

Fox News reported:

The indictment alleges that local businessman and lobbyist Tobi Solidum offered Luke a $35,000 bribe connected to a COVID-19 testing contract a company he recommended had with the state.

Solidum was also indicted as part of the state attorney general’s probe, along with former state representative Ryan Yamane, Hawaii Transportation Department official Ford Fuchigami and Leo Asunción, a former official for Hawaii’s public utilities commission.

All five defendants were swept up as part of state Attorney General Anne Lopez’s January investigation, which was an offshoot of a federal bribery probe.

Solidum represented the National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii, which had contracts with the state to provide COVID-19 testing sites.

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In January 2022, with his client’s contracts set to expire, Solidum met with Luke at a steakhouse and allegedly gave her two $5,000 checks made out to her campaign committee, Friends of Sylvia Luke, according to prosecutors.

“By next week, we’ll have 35, so it will be halfway to our 70,” Solidum allegedly told Luke, promising to give her $70,000, according to the indictment.

“Oh wow,” Luke allegedly replied, according to the documents. “That’s terrific.”

Hawaii News Now provided further coverage in this clip:

The indictments against five people, including Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and current airports administrator Ford Fuchigami, followed a day-long grand jury session.

The investigation spawned from the federal bribery case that landed former state Rep. Ty Cullen and former state Sen.… pic.twitter.com/VT7r0uvsDL

— Hawaii News Now (@HawaiiNewsNow) July 25, 2026