Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 4. Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 661-7

(a) Any person who intentionally submits a false claim or attempts to commit any fraud against the State in the proof, statement, establishment, or allowance of any claim or of any part of any claim against the State shall forfeit the same to the State; and when an action is brought to recover on such a claim, the court shall find specifically that fraud was committed or attempted to be committed, and thereupon give judgment that such claim is forfeited to the State, and that the claimant is forever barred from prosecuting the same.

(b) Any person who intentionally submits a false claim or attempts to commit a fraud against the State in the proof, statement, establishment, or allowance of any claim under $5,000 or any part of any claim under $5,000 against the State shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, be liable for civil penalties of:

(c) All interest and penalties provided for in this section may be sought and recovered in an administrative proceeding held pursuant to chapter 91 and conducted by the department to which the claim was submitted.