HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Three out of the eight fraudsters on the FBI’s first-ever “Most Wanted Fraudsters” list have links to Hawaii, including couple John and Julieanne Dimitrion.

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The Dimitrions were last known to be in Mililani. They lived in a mansion on Hawaii Loa Ridge, drove matching Maseratis and wore designer clothes.

Retired FBI special agent Tom Simon tracked their case for years and said they were pillars in the community.

“They were devout Christians active in their church. John went to Punahou and grew up very privileged with a medical doctor as a father,” Simon said. “She was addicted to very expensive lingerie, and she asked her CPA if she could claim it as a deduction on her taxes.”

Dimitrions plead guilty, vanish before sentencing

In 2009, the Dimitrions pleaded guilty to operating a mortgage fraud scheme where they used their companies to convince multiple homeowners to relinquish their homes, which paid for their lavish lifestyle.

They stole $250,000 from Laura Christo.

“I was so angry, so upset to learn that there were four other families that lost everything thanks to them,” Christo said in 2014.

The Dimitrions were scheduled to be sentenced but vanished.

“My team and I hit the streets interviewing witnesses and posting flyers at local businesses. There was no record of them taking a commercial flight from Oahu,” Simon said.

The feds believe the Dimitrions fled on a private jet to Utah, chartered by the leader of a domestic extremist group. Then the couple drove to Alabama and disappeared again.

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In 2014, the feds said the couple has been using burner phones and technology similar to Skype to stay in touch with family in Hawaii all these years, but still no capture.

“It’s a loss on my record, and that’s been a hard pill for my ego to swallow,” Simon said. “They have been better at evading the FBI than I was at catching them. So I was really pleased to see that FBI headquarters has put together a most wanted fraudsters list with John and Julieanne’s smug faces at the top of the wanted list.”

Third fraudster used Shriners Hospital pitch

Separately on the list, the FBI says Michael Lizaso Marasigan and his co-conspirators defrauded bingo patrons at the Guam Shrine Club, saying their money would be used for flying children to Shriners Hospital in Honolulu for care.

Last month, Marasigan was sentenced in absentia to more than 21 years in prison and ordered to pay $10 million to the Aloha Shriners.

Reward offered; how to submit a tip

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information leading to an arrest. Anyone with information can call 1-800-CALL-FBI or visit tips.fbi.gov.

FBI Honolulu Special Agent in Charge David Porter said in a statement:

“Fraud is not a victimless or distant crime; it is an immediate threat hitting close to home, with Hawaiʻi currently ranking fifth in the nation for per-capita fraud losses. With reported losses in our islands climbing to over $106 million, these schemes threaten the financial security of our hard-working residents and target our most vulnerable communities. The FBI Honolulu Field Office is fiercely committed to identifying, disrupting, and dismantling these criminal networks. We will continue to aggressively investigate these financial predators and ensure they are held accountable under federal law.”

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