Drug screener charged in bribery

Advertiser Staff

A former employee of a company that provides drug-testing services for the federal government in Hawai'i has been accused of taking bribes in exchange for falsifying drug test results.

Carl Hauoli Kaikaina, 48, was indicted Thursday on five counts of bribery and three counts of making a false statement.

Edward Kubo, U.S. attorney for Hawai'i, said Kaikaina conducted urinalysis screening tests for Drug Addiction Services of Hawai'i. Kubo said Kaikaina conducted random urine tests of people under court-ordered supervision by the U.S. Probation Office.

A urine test that indicates drug use, when confirmed by further lab tests, can result in revocation of a person's supervised release and a return to federal prison, Kubo said.

Kaikaina is accused of altering or offering to alter urine test results on four occasions for someone being supervised by the Probation Office. One of the people for whom he altered a urine test was an FBI undercover agent portraying someone under the supervision of the Probation Office, according to the indictment.

Kaikaina could face up to 90 years in prison and a $2 million fine.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracy Hino will prosecute the case.