Hawaii gets $2.5 million of Volkswagen settlement

The state has received a $2.5 million payment from Volkswagen as part of a national settlement with the automaker.

Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin and Office of Consumer Protection Executive Director Stephen Levins said Wednesday that the payment is part of a multi-state settlement involving claims that the company violated state consumer protection laws by marketing, selling and leasing diesel vehicles with illegal software to cheat emission tests.

As part of a June 2016 settlement involving Volkswagen and Audi vehicles equipped with 2.0-liter diesel engines, Volkswagen agreed to pay more than $570 million nationwide. Of that, Hawaii received $2.5 million.

As part of a separate federal lawsuit, the company also agreed to provide cash payments and buy back or repair certain Volkswagen and Audi diesel vehicles.

For more information on the settlements and consumer compensation, visit VWCourtSettlement.com and ftc.gov/VWSettlement.

Servco to eliminate Kaimuki service center

Servco Pacific Inc. is closing its Toyota service center in Kaimuki on June 30 in an effort to consolidate service operations for its downtown locations.

Casey Nishimura, spokesman for Servco, said the company is directing customers from the Kaimuki service center to Motor Imports, a dedicated service center on South Street. Nishimura said Servco will also continue its service of Toyota vehicles on Oahu at Servco Toyota Honolulu, Servco Toyota Waipahu and Servco Toyota Windward.

“We are doing it to make our service operations more efficient,” Nishimura said.

Nishimura said all of the Kaimuki service center’s employees are being relocated to different service locations.

“We aren’t losing any employees because of this,” he said.

ON THE MOVE

The Arcadia Family of Companies has announced the following promotions:

>> Michael Chong has been promoted to chief information officer from director of information technology. Chong will be responsible for establishing as well as maintaining the enterprise vision strategy and program in order to ensure information assets and technologies are protected.

>> Paul Burnham has been promoted to director of environmental services. Burnham will be responsible for long-range planning, vendor contract management, technical oversight, life safety and disaster planning, as well as building and risk management strategies.

Marathon Group has announced that Keith Asato has been appointed as senior vice president and chief financial officer. He has 15 years of experience in auditing, accounting and financial reporting in Hawaii, including previously having served as director of general accounting at Hawaiian Airlines.

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