Police are seeking today to charge the ringleader, 33, and two other men, ages 35 and 49, with fraudulent use of a credit card, second-degree theft and detention of stolen property.

Detective Fred DeNault, who investigated the case with detectives Alan Togami and Gary Lahens, said the three men and a woman flew to Honolulu on Friday. The ringleader allegedly sent two men to separate jewelry stores at Ala Moana Center Friday night to purchase Rolex watches, said DeNault.

The 35-year-old man purchased a $7,000 Rolex using a credit card police that police suspect was manufactured with stolen information. The second man, 49, attempted to buy a $13,000 Rolex with a credit card but was denied the sale when he signed the wrong name on the purchase slip.