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Former state Department of Human Services investigator Roselani Wise was sentenced last month for theft in the second degree after receiving unearned compensation from DHS from 2008 through 2012.
While Wise was being paid by DHS to conduct criminal fraud investigations, she was also working part time for the Transportation Security Administration at Lihue Airport on Kauai, an investigation found. She pleaded no contest to the charges.
“Public employees can hold outside employment as long as it is not legally prohibited. In this case, however, Ms. Wise claimed to be working for DHS during the same exact time she was actually working for TSA,” Attorney General Doug Chin said in a news release. “That is theft of state money and that is why she was prosecuted.”
Wise, 53, of Lihue, was arraigned in August 2014 for second-degree theft before Judge Randal Valenciano at Fifth Circuit Court.
The terms of Wise’s sentencing include five years of probation, restitution to the state of $9,701 for the amount of time she claimed to be working at DHS when she was not, and 200 hours of community service. She also is required to pay $895 to the Crime Victim Compensation Commission.