Susan Chin

(AK=aunty Kathy) (pn=personal nurse)

Susan Chin has been a successful business woman since around 2004.  A few year prior to that (2002) she gave birth to her 1^st child and moved into the Ilikai Hotel and Condominium, located in the heart of Waikiki where she met some of the tenants. The tenants were often called snowbirds, because they would come to Hawaii every year for a few months of vacation. Being a helpful, friendly and compassionate person Susan is, she made friends with many of these snowbirds. All of them elderly. Many of the widows or widowers welcomed Susan’s company because they were very lonely & because Susan is an extremely compassionate woman. It was then natural that she assisted them as an elderly care taker (after Susan would put her newborn down for a nap, she would help them with random everyday chores, such as laundry, dishes, even bathroom and toilet cleaning) without requiring any type of compensation. These senior citizens loved being around her due to her youth and vitality. Most of these elderly vacationers had limited mobility. Susan would take them to do fun things like daily excursions, driving them to the otherside of the island, concerts, jazz shows, dinners & etc…all paid by Susan Chin herself for many years. Although Susan’s elderly friends would often offer to pay her expenses, Susan would absolutely refuse because she did not believe in her elder friends paying because most were on fixed incomes. Susan is now a great single mother(husband died 2010) of two very well mannered boys whom she teaches how to live by her life mantra: “people first, then money” & “pay it fwd”…Susan is a former foster mother who took in families and teenagers, because they were deemed “unadoptable” by most people. She has also donated to countless charities and foundations, to name a few: Covenant House for runaway and abused teens, Operation Smiles (an international children's medical charity for children with clef pallets), United Cerebral Palsy, Big Brother and Sister, countless churches (Holy Trinity, St. Augustine). Moreover, she has contributed a rather voluminous sum of cash donations to private sectors like individual homeless or struggling families, students, single mothers, she counseled alcohol and substance abuse, (men & women) without judgment. All these acts of compassion & interest free donations are given by Susan Angela Chin from her own finances and were made in her free time. She has done unremarkable things like while picking up her own cancer medication at Queens Hospital POB 1 pharmacy one afternoon, Susan noticed an elderly woman troubled & confused, she asked the woman if she can help & the woman had replied that she had been waiting at the pharmacy since 5am waiting on her medication. The pharmacy had over a dozen people there & no one seem to want to help her. Susan asked the pharmacist what the problem was & it was clear that this elderly woman could not afford her medication & insurance did not cover it. Without hesitation Susan paid for the medication which was not cheap..ie almost $300. Susan did not wait around for praise or reward, she paid it & asked if the elderly lady (Edith Tortelli) needed anything else & she left. 

Susan has giving her foster teen $500k for education & most recent gave a 2003 car to a single mother who needed transportation for work & child, despite of the legal nightmare & health issues Susan herself is suffering thru because that’s exactly who this woman is, an extremely giving, compassionate woman always thinking of others first. The 44-year-old Susan Chin is a much-respected mother and friend, who have done a lot for the community for years without expecting fan-fair, reward or pat on the back. She is a true example of humanitarian, an unsung hero being wrongfully charged & convicted because of people who do not know her & their perspective of her without knowing all the facts of the case. If more people would be like her, the world would be a better place.

Kathy Ganeko has been reaching out numerous times via telephone to Susan Chin wanting to come back to her...sadly the family has moved Kathy a few times desperately to keep her away from Susan Chin  & the real truth…i.e.…they just want to keep their inheritance & keep poor Kathy isolated from happiness until she passes…

Wrongfully accused / convicted of elderly abuse

HONOLULU (Hawaii Kai News Now) Several facts clearly demonstrate that a case against the 44 year old Susan Chin, a Hawaii Kai resident, who was accused recently of defrauding an elderly woman she was caring for, Katherine Ganeko, out of more than $600.000 is an attempt to make an example out of an innocent citizen and in such manner decrease the rising trend of elder abuse. Senior citizens are often targeted by frauds because they are more in need of help and are somewhat trusting. In a case against Susan Chin there are many discrepancies. Although the prosecution claims that Susan Chin defrauded Katherine Ganeko, Michael Green, defense attorney, says about the incident: "I don't know whether it's true, but I'm told this is what the woman wanted." Green claims that: "A good percentage of the money was in an education account for Susan's children" and that "Apparently she really cared about Susan and Susan's children." 

And why wouldn't she, Susan Chin took her in, cared for both her and her brother Herbert Takabyashi, making her home handicap accessible, paying everything from her own pocket.

Susan bought them a new wardrobe and took them both in as her family with her and her two boys. Michael, Susan’s late husband also helped Kathy and her late husband, James Ganeko around the house, doing handyman chores as well as shopping and tending to their need when Susan was not around. On November 18, 2010, Michael who was working as an undercover agent for NYPD died suddenly, leaving Susan as a single mother of two small boys. After that, Susan went to New York and did not return to Hawaii until Jan 2011. Susan was in New York for some time before the incident, only to be called back by no other than Kathy who was neglected by her own family. Susan took Kathy to her home in New York, which was also renovated to be handicap accessible, where she catered to Kathy’s every needs for a long time. 

Susan Chin is the CEO of Exclusive Rentals, a company who specializes in affordable apartments throughout Hawaii. Susan is a former foster mother who is involved in many charity actions, donating money to numerous foundations like Covenant House for runaway & abused teens, Operation Smiles, United cerebral palsy, etc.  After she was accused, Susan could not communicate with Kathy although Kathy herself has made several attempts to contact Susan from Punchbowl retirement center asking to “come home“. Are these the words you would say to someone who “tricked“ you out of your money? Furthermore, while Susan awaits for trial, Kathy’s real family, who neglected her for decades until the point they put her in a cheap nursing home, has moved large portions of money from several joint accounts held by Susan & Kathy in Hawaii outta State claiming that they need funds in order to take care of Kathy (which Kathy’s income already covers the home she is currently in). Susan Chin is a good and generous person whose only crime is caring for people. I believe that you’ll be able to reach your own, unbiased conclusion, regarding this incident but I say the wrong person is being prosecuted for a crime she did not commit.