▁called ▁" B ishop , ▁Bald win , ▁R ew ald , ▁D illing ham ▁and ▁W ong ". ▁The ▁firm ' s ▁name ▁incorpor ated ▁the ▁names ▁of ▁R ew ald ▁and ▁his ▁partner ▁Sun lin ▁W ong ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁names ▁of ▁three ▁prominent ▁k ama ' ain a ▁who ▁had ▁no ▁connection ▁with ▁the ▁business : ▁Charles ▁Re ed ▁Bishop , ▁Henry ▁Alexander ▁Bald win ▁and ▁Benjamin ▁D illing ham . ▁The ▁firm ▁claimed ▁that ▁funds ▁were ▁guaranteed ▁by ▁the ▁Federal ▁De pos it ▁In sur ance ▁Corporation ▁up ▁to ▁$ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁and ▁that ▁minimum ▁returns ▁of ▁ 2 0 % ▁ann ually ▁were ▁guaranteed . ▁( As ▁the ▁firm ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁char tered ▁bank ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁el ig ible ▁for ▁F D IC ▁ins urance .) ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁the ▁In ternal ▁Re venue ▁Service ▁began ▁an ▁investigation ▁of ▁R ew ald ▁when ▁his ▁firm ' s ▁false ▁F D IC ▁ins urance ▁claims ▁were ▁discovered . ▁On ▁July ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁R ew ald ▁attempted ▁suic ide ▁at ▁the ▁Sher aton ▁Wa ik iki ▁Hotel , ▁alleg edly ▁because ▁the ▁media ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁ver ge ▁of ▁expos ing ▁his ▁background . ▁Six ▁days ▁later , ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁forced ▁into ▁bank rupt cy . ▁ ▁R ew ald ▁was ▁arrested ▁on ▁August ▁ 8 , ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁immediately ▁after ▁his ▁release ▁from ▁the