A MySpace group on “Royal Patents” contains what appears to be a pretty good statement of the logic, such as it is, that may lie behind the “Royal Hawaiian Treasury Bond” scam currently being investigated by the FBI. It’s attributed to a young Molokai man

I myself have called these people at “Aha o Na Wai Eha”(Look at bottom of page for more information) and I’ve received a three hundred and eighty page book on the “Royal Patents,” this book lists the true owners of land in Hawaii and where these lands can be found. In my own time, I have done extensive genealogy, and have found many family that owns lands from Molokai, Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii island and yes, the first part to taking this remarkable journey is to do your genealogy, so that you know who you are and where you come from. These are real issues, happening NOW! the sooner people get involved the faster the process of making things pono. In fact, this is better than Hawaiian Homelands because with this the U.S. has no jurisdiction and can’t tell you what to do!

Readers are then advised:

Get your inalienable rights, and just go ahead and secure it. It’s already there for you, call the office number right now (243-2224). Whether you think the land got sold or transferred, it hasn’t. Never will be, never can be.

The royal patents became absolute so its inalienable, and so from that point it cannot be sold or transferred. So now we know that the Royal Patents is not for sale, never has been, and can never be transferred. We know now there is no such thing as public lands, none were ever created, no such thing as state lands or ceded lands too. The U.S. are only claiming Tax Map Keys (TMK), you have the absolute Royal Patent which is your own title. They may own the house that they built, but the U.S. owns no land in Hawaii. You own it and you can do whatever you want with that house because it sits on your ‘aina.

You would think by now that such claims would be clearly recognized as warning signs. As with typical confidence scams, this kind of approach targets those who already want to believe the unbelievable, in this case claims of sovereignty that trump all other legal considerations.

Readers are referred for additional information to Ventura-Oliver, who lists an address at “Ko Hawaii Pae Aina”.

The whole belief system is laid out at the web site of Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, which includes more information on the Hawaiiloa Foundation cited in the Advertiser story today.

The whole package is strikingly similar in tone and philosophy to those of right-wing “sovereignty” groups and individuals who proclaim personal sovereignty, freedom from taxation, etc., and that sell their approach through high-priced workshops and seminars.

It was just such a tax sovereignty seminar that led Ron Ober, a Big Island man, into a confidence scam in which he lost his home and property. Ober regained his property earlier this year after a lengthy court battle.