Government Fights Miske's Estate for $20M Fortune

0:00It's March 25. This is Canada News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. A lawyer for the estate of Hawaii Crime Boss, Michael Miske Jr. is fighting federal prosecutors who want to seize his $20 million fortune. Miske ran a massive criminal operation and got convicted on 13 counts last July, including drug trafficking, robberies, and murder for hire. He died in prison late last year from a fentanyl overdose before sentencing, and now the government claims that lets them take his houses, boats, cars, cash, and artwork anyway. Prosecutors say Miske smuggled the drug into jail with help from inmates and took it on purpose to dodge asset forfeiture. They argue his death counts as obstruction of justice since it halted the case. A jury had already okayed grabbing those assets tied to his crimes. The estate lawyer calls this a made-up theory full of holes that no court has ever bought. He points out the five-year deadline to file forfeiture, past years ago, back when investigators

1:04first eyed Miske for fraud in 2013. Most of the assets were bought between 2010 and 2020, long before his death, so they can't be proceeds of any so-called suicide plot. The real victim here would be Miske's nine-year-old granddaughter, the trust beneficiary, since 2016, her dad's gone, and her mom serving. Seven years for racketeering. The lawyer also slams the government's evidence as shaky inmate stories that Miske can't rebut since he's dead. With the fight heating up in court filings this month, it remains to be seen if the feds can claim the estate, or if the child keeps her inheritance.