Ex-Maui official, businessman plead guilty for Hawaii bribes


              Stewart Olani Stant, left, listens as his attorney Cary Virtue speaks to reporters outside U.S. District Court in Honolulu, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Stant, a former Maui County official, and Milton Choy, the owner and manager of the wastewater company H2O Process Systems LLC, each pleaded guilty Monday for a scheme in which Choy paid Stant $2 million in bribes in exchange for more than $19 million in wastewater contracts. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)
            
              Stewart Olani Stant walks into U.S. District Court in Honolulu, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Stant, a former Maui County official, and Milton Choy, the owner and manager of the wastewater company H2O Process Systems LLC, each pleaded guilty Monday for a scheme in which Choy paid Stant $2 million in bribes in exchange for more than $19 million in wastewater contracts. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)