It’s hard to fathom Albert Hee’s claim that his company, Sandwich Isles Communications Inc., has never turned a profit. Under its state license, Sandwich Isles, which provides telecommunications services for Hawaiian homelands, is supposed to pay a minimum 0.5 percent of profits to job training and education programs for Native Hawaiians.

But Hee, convicted of filing false income tax returns, has refused to turn over financial records to the Hawaiian Homes Commission, noting he can’t be certain those records would be kept confidential.

Sandwich Isles has received more than $242 million in federal subsidies since 2003 to support its phone and data network on homelands. But prosecutors cited Hee’s questionable business expenses including $718,559 paid for college tuition and living expenses for Hee’s children and $92,000 in massages for Hee. Lost profits?

Here comes The Man from Marvel

Be still, our geeking hearts.

The legendary Stan “The Man” Lee, core creator of all things Marvel, will be at this weekend’s Amazing Hawaii Comic Con 2015 at the Hawaii Convention Center. Though 92 years old, the California-based Lee is expected to appear all three days — Friday to Sunday — in autograph sessions and panels. Long before the blockbuster movies, there were the comics, Lee and Jack “The King” Kirby. Says Comic Con: “There’s no bigger resume as Stan Lee is the creator of the Marvel Universe, and the rich characters we love — Avengers, Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man and more.” Many, many more. ’Nuff said.