Aren't there requirements for being Hawaiian for buying land on the islands? Or at least, there are weird conditions around owning the property vs the land.
The article mentioned shell companies "The methods to acquire the land also give rise to issues and speculation. Zuckerberg initially hid the purchases of land using shell companies and brokers to disguise them. Those shell companies are now involved in several lawsuits claiming they pressured locals with ancestral land rights to sell the land or get into a bidding war at auction with one of the richest men in the world"
