A Brief Timeline of Sandwich Isles Communications (SIC) and Other Companies Controlled by Al Hee

Key to Al Hee-Controlled Companies

SIC

Sandwich Isles Communications
Subsidiary of Waimana Enterprises Inc

WEI

Waimana Enterprises
Parent of SIC

PCC

Paniolo Cable Company
Bankrupt affiliate of SIC

BIC

Blue Ivory Corporation

WEI receives license to provide telecom services to Hawaiian Home Lands.

SIC becomes eligible to receive federal funding after the PUC and the FCC designate it an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier.

SIC receives $166 million in federal loans to build telecom infrastructure.

SIC stops making full payments on its federal loans.

Jury convicts SIC founder Al Hee of criminal tax fraud.

SIC stops receiving federal funds after the PUC determines it no longer qualifies as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier.

The FCC finds SIC improperly received $27 million in federal funds.

Al Hee receives 46-month sentence in federal prison for criminal tax fraud.

FCC determines WEI’s exclusive license to provide telecom services to Hawaiian Home Lands is unenforceable and preempted by Federal law.

A court enters a judgment against SIC for $256M in the PCC bankruptcy.

With PCC bankrupt, Hawaiian Telcom buys the Paniolo Network for $50M.

The Mililani Network Operations Center is sold to BIC for $2 million.

A judge rules SIC owes the federal government $138 million.

FCC Fines SIC $49 million for fraud.

Many customers experience outages of SIC phone and internet service.

U.S. Marshals auction SIC’s remaining assets. Hawaiian Telcom is the winning bidder for SIC’s conduits; the sale will be confirmed at a later date.

Governor Green issues Emergency Proclamation to prevent SIC from terminating telecom services on Hawaiian Home Lands.

SIC customers experience widespread outages of telecom service.

FCC writes to SIC requiring it stop “unlawful discontinuance activity immediately and come into compliance with federal law and regulations.”