Filipino national pleads guilty to unlawfully voting as an alien during 2024 election
Bernadette Acaso, a 20-year-old Filipino national living in Hawaii, pleaded guilty to unlawfully voting as an alien during the 2024 election. U.S. Attorney Ken Sorenson announced the plea, which was entered on September 18, 2026. Acaso resides in Honolulu and Kahului.
United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Bernadette Acaso, 20, a Filipino national residing in Honolulu, Oʻahu and Kahului, Maui, pleaded guilty on Sept. 18, 2026, to unlawfully voting as an alien.
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