No Charges Filed in Hawaii Lawmaker 'Hacking' Case

Hawaii State Legislature

The FBI says no charges have been filed in the case of an alleged hacking earlier this year of a state lawmaker's official email account and website.

The site bears Rep. Kymberly Pine's name, but she doesn't actually own the rights to the domain name or control the server that hosts the images that appeared in the email. Those are controlled by Eric Ryan — the person Pine accused of hacking the site and calling her "a crook."

"I can tell you that there have been no charges brought in the alleged hacking of Rep. Pine's email," said Tom Simon, a special agent with the FBI in Honolulu, on Friday.

Simon declined to comment further, saying it is FBI policy not to comment on cases.

But Pine, a Republican representing Ewa Beach, Iroquois Point and Puuloa in the Hawaii House of Representatives, said Friday that she is continuing to pursue legal recourse.

"I cannot confirm or deny that a case is going on with the FBI," she said. "But multiple incidents with Mr. Eric Ryan's harassment of me have been reported to authorities, and Mr. Ryan has been trying to extort money from me for a very long time. I do not owe him any money, and I have all records and receipt showing such."

Ryan, Honolulu Councilmember Tom Berg's chief of staff, did not respond to Civil Beat's call Friday morning.

"Every type of civil and legal action is being considered against him so that I can prevent him from victimizing anyone else in the future," said Pine. "My whole reason for coming forward is to make sure there are no other victims after me."

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