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Man to be sentenced for University of Hawaii concert scam

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, file photo, North Carolina concert promoter Marc Hubbard walks to federal court in Honolulu. Nearly a year and a half after pleading guilty to scamming the University of Hawaii out of 00,000, the man who said he lied about being able to bring Stevie Wonder to the school for a concert is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday, March 28, 2018. (Dennis Oda/The Star-Advertiser via AP, File)

HONOLULU – A North Carolina man who prosecutors say scammed the University of Hawaii out of $200,000 by lying about his ability to secure Stevie Wonder for a fundraiser concert will be sentenced Wednesday.

The sentencing comes nearly a year-and-a-half after Marc Hubbard pleaded guilty to wire fraud. His sentencing has been postponed several times. The day before his sentencing was scheduled last month, he filed a motion asking to take back his guilty plea.

He says he’s innocent and was coerced into pleading guilty because he feared prosecutors would reveal he co-operated against East Coast mobsters. Prosecutors deny that, and a judge rejected his request.

As part of a plea deal, prosecutors will recommend his sentence run concurrently with the six-years he’s serving for a similar Pennsylvania case.

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