Former Hawaii nonprofit exec pleads guilty to theft of $154K

The former executive director of the now defunct Honolulu Centers for Independent Living nonprofit has pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling roughly $154,000 during his tenure. In U.S. District Court last week, Mitchell “Kimo” Keawe, 50, admitted to the theft of $153,643 between October 2012 and September 2013. The organization’s mission was to assist disabled clients to live independently. Keawe ran the organization’s operations in Hawaii and Guam from August 2010 until December…