Federal prosecutors say Christopher Dawson, a prominent defense contractor who died in 2024, embezzled millions of dollars from his companies to live a lavish lifestyle at the expense of Native Hawaiians. The accusations come from newly unsealed court filings in which the U.S. Justice Department details how it believes Dawson and other executives pulled off the crime, using shell companies and direct company transfers to steal money from Dawson’s federal contracting businesses to line their own