Man to be sentenced for University of Hawaii concert scam
HONOLULU – A North Carolina man who prosecutors say scammed the University of Hawaii out of $200,000 by lying about his ability to secure Stevie Wonder for a fundraiser concert will be sentenced Wednesday.
The sentencing comes nearly a year-and-a-half after Marc Hubbard pleaded guilty to wire fraud. His sentencing has been postponed several times. The day before his sentencing was scheduled last month, he filed a motion asking to take back his guilty plea.
He says he’s innocent and was coerced into pleading guilty because he feared prosecutors would reveal he co-operated against East Coast mobsters. Prosecutors deny that, and a judge rejected his request.
As part of a plea deal, prosecutors will recommend his sentence run concurrently with the six-years he’s serving for a similar Pennsylvania case.
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