Alexio, 48, was also arrested on a outstanding federal warrant issued in San Francisco for bank fraud.

Alexio was arrested shortly before 2 p.m. at his 'Aiea home, according Mike Ferstl, chief deputy U.S. marshal for the district of Hawai'i.

Ferstl said Alexio claimed to be a citizen of the sovereign nation of Hawai'i, not the United States. An identity status hearing is scheduled Friday before a federal magistrate on his citizenship claim.