“They have ways of keeping him silent, I guess...”
But that’s all it is “a guess”.
Dr. Palafax is not in hiding. He is still highly respected in Hawaii.
As to the snippet from the Star Advertiser. It mentions “entities associated with him”. So maybe he was on the board of several medical practices that overbill Medicare. All we can do is guess.
If there had been allegations prior to December of 2010 Abercrombie would not have nominated him. If there had been allegations at the time that people started asking Palafox why he resigned, the AG would have been required to inform him that he was being investigated - but the AG’s office would not say whether he was or wasn’t being investigated. Kinda like it depended on how Palafox dealt with the resignation...
So it’s apparent that the troubles came up after he ticked off the AG who was engaging in criminal behavior. The threat of harassing investigation depended on Palafox’s moves, and Palafox made the right move - was honest - and it sure seems that as a result he suffered punishing blows from a man of lawlessness, a man who uses power as a weapon to silence the truth rather than uphold justice.
Par for the course with Obama and anybody associated with him.