Hawaii mob boss Michael Miske - OD

Hawaii crime boss Michael Miske, 50, died of "toxicity of fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl," the medical examiner's office said in a statement. The death appears to have been accidental but the case is still under investigation. Para-fluorofentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is more potent than fentanyl. Miske was found unresponsive at the lockup on Dec. 1.

He was convicted in July on 13 charges including racketeering conspiracy, murder in the aid of racketeering, and kidnapping resulting in death. Lindsey Kinney, an associate of crime boss Michael Miske pleaded not guilty to making threats to injure over social media. He was charged with threatening to cut off the heads of three people on Instagram.

Michael J. Miske Jr.

US authorities charged 11 of a criminal group operating on the Hawaiian island of Oahu with a combined 22 crimes ranging from bank fraud to murder-for-hire. 17 stuck to the group's leader. Miske’s history of criminal activity goes back decades. Miske offered to pay several of his co-defendants to kidnap and murder Johnathan Fraser, who went missing in July of 2016. He hasn't been seen since. Miske and his associates are also accused of attempted murder of a second victim, who they believed was a rat.

His conviction entitled the government to take control of up to $28m in Miske's assets, including boats, houses and artwork. Miske was fingered for owning a company that bought hundreds of cars at a wholesale dealers-only auction over years, using threats and intimidation to discourage rival bidders to buy vehicles at rock-bottom prices. The company, Hawaii Partners LLC, was licensed as a used car dealer. Cops used the term “Miske Enterprise” for the ring controlled and directed by Miske from the late 1990s until his indictment and arrest in July 2020.

Miske and a dozen co-defendants were charged with a huge range of federal crimes, including participating in a racketeering conspiracy, murder-for-hire, kidnapping, assault, armed robbery, weapons offenses, drug trafficking and bank fraud. 6 of Miske's co-accused turned rat.