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Hawaii's Most Wanted

By Marisa Yamane

Tonight we feature Shantel Santa Isabel -- a woman who stole more than a hundred thousand dollars from Kaiser Permanente.

Police say in February 2002, the Accounting department at Kaiser Permanente Moanalua discovered a $200 discrepancy.

"So the manager is investigating and while investigating finds there are numerous suspicious large amounts withdrawn from their account and put into a personal bank account," says Sgt. Kim Buffett, Crimestoppers.

Buffett says over a two month period, Shantel Santa Isabel stole $160,000 from Kaiser.

"In one of their wards there was a credit machine that was unattended and she was there to visit a family member and decided let's try it. So she had swiped her debit card for the $200 and it worked," says Sgt. Buffett.

Santa Isabel then started hitting the machine for huge amounts -- some for her, some for friends.

"What she would do is people would say oh I need money and she would say give me your debit card and she would go there and transfer 10,000, 15,000 and they would have it in their bank account the next day. Go to the bank withdraw next month and say what's it for, oh I'm buying a car or my friend just paid me for this so it wasn't suspicious," says Sgt. Buffett.

Santa Isabel was eventually convicted of first degree theft and computer fraud, and sentenced.

But she's now wanted for a $20,000 felony contempt warrant for not complying with the terms and conditions of the Hope probation.

Shantel Santa Isabel is 26 years old.
5'3" tall, 165 pounds.
She's been known to hang out in the Waianae area.

If you have any information about Santa Isabel's whereabouts, call Crimestoppers at 955-8300.

Every Saturday night on Hawaii at ten, we will feature a new criminal of the week.

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