He had been assaulted and died as a result of the injuries, police said.

Anyone with information about the case or anyone who may have seen Hamada on Sunday evening is asked to contact Detective James Anderson directly at 529-3356 or call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellular telephone.

Man charged in credit-union heist

A man was charged in federal court yesterday with being one of three masked men with shotguns who held up the Kailua branch of Windward Community Federal Credit Union in a bold mid-afternoon robbery more than three years ago.

Wayne Kalai Miller was named in the federal complaint as one of the robbers in the Dec. 21, 2001, holdup.

One of the other robbers said they later divided the money at Miller's 'Ewa Beach home, according to a federal affidavit supporting the charge.

Man indicted in tax evasion

A federal grand jury yesterday indicted Kenneth Chio Heng Iong of Honolulu on felony charges of evading more than $243,000 in taxes for 1997, 1998 and 1999.

Iong was charged with underreporting his income by $739,000 over that three-year period, the U.S. attorney said. Iong reported his income during that time was $67,248, the office said.

The indictment also charged Iong with making false statements to financial institutions by using fictitious invoices to get funds for alleged purchases or leases of equipment and services, the federal prosecutors said.