Disclaimer: This timeline is not intended to defame, slander, harass, or personally attack anyone. It documents events surrounding DRVU based on publicly available business records, written communications, contractual documents, and the firsthand experiences of those involved. Where an issue remains legally unresolved, it is identified as such. Readers are encouraged to review the documented facts and draw their own conclusions.
April 8, 2025
Preem Transport LLC Is Formed
Preem Transport LLC was officially formed in Hawaii.
The original Articles of Organization identified the company as an at-will, member-managed LLC and listed three individuals as its initial members.
Neither of the two other original members recalls receiving or signing an Operating Agreement governing Preem Transport LLC before the events described below.
Over the following year, the three original members worked together to develop DRVU.
Two of those members contributed substantial work toward the project, including the DRVU website, branding, marketing materials, application development, and source code.
The work was performed under the understanding that the three individuals were building DRVU together through Preem Transport LLC.
2025–2026
More Than a Year Is Spent Building DRVU
Development of DRVU continued for more than a year.
One member handled the website development, branding, creative direction, and marketing materials.
Another member handled the development of the DRVU application and source code.
The third member focused primarily on the business concept, transportation model, and operational direction of DRVU.
Throughout this period, the three individuals continued working together under the original member-managed structure.
Before July 6, 2026
One Original Member Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Before the 2026 Annual Report was filed, one of the three original members had filed a personal Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition.
The bankruptcy was unrelated to DRVU or Preem Transport LLC. It stemmed from financial obligations that accumulated following an extended period of unemployment after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the individual’s employment.
The individual did not voluntarily resign from Preem Transport LLC, sign a transfer of his membership, agree to a buyout, or knowingly relinquish his membership because of the bankruptcy.
The legal effect of the bankruptcy on his LLC membership is addressed further in the events described below.
July 6, 2026
The 2026 Annual Report Is Filed
A 2026 Annual Report for Preem Transport LLC was received by the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
The Annual Report continued to identify Preem Transport LLC as:
“Member-managed.”
However, under the section requesting the company’s managers or members, only one individual was listed.
The other two individuals identified as original members in the company’s formation documents were no longer listed.
According to those two individuals, neither had been notified beforehand that the Annual Report would omit their names.
Neither had signed a resignation, membership transfer, buyout agreement, or other document knowingly relinquishing his membership before the filing.
July 6, 2026
The Annual Report Is Certified as True and Correct
The Annual Report identifying only one member was signed by the individual listed on the report.
The accompanying declaration certified that the filing had been read, that the information provided was true and correct, and that the signer was authorized to sign it.
At least one of the omitted original members maintains that he had not voluntarily withdrawn, transferred his membership, agreed to a buyout, or knowingly relinquished his membership before the filing.
Why the Certification Matters
Hawaii law provides potential penalties under HRS §428-1302 concerning materially false documents filed under Chapter 428, with the applicable consequences depending upon circumstances including the signer’s knowledge.
No allegation is being made here that the signer committed a crime or violated HRS §428-1302.
Whether the Annual Report contained materially inaccurate information, whether either omitted individual remained legally a member at the time, and whether the required knowledge or intent existed are legal and factual questions that this timeline does not attempt to decide.
What is documented is considerably simpler:
The original filing identified three members. The July 6, 2026 Annual Report identified one. The two omitted individuals state that they had not knowingly or voluntarily relinquished their memberships before that filing.
August 10, 2026
A Proposed 217-Page Agreement Is Presented
More than a month after the Annual Report was received by DCCA, the two omitted original members were presented with a proposed 217-page agreement concerning Preem Transport LLC and DRVU.
The proposed agreement identified the remaining individual as:
Founder
Sole Owner
Sole Member
It further stated that the other two individuals had no present ownership, membership, equity, voting, management, distributional, or other ownership-related interests in the company.
Neither individual signed the agreement.
The proposed agreement contained extensive provisions addressing company ownership, intellectual property, source code, application materials, and other rights associated with DRVU.
The two individuals did not agree to those terms.
August 10, 2026
The Original Members Object
After reviewing the proposed agreement and discovering the change reflected in the Annual Report, the two omitted original members objected.
During the subsequent written discussion, the remaining member explained:
“I had to structure myself as the sole owner.”
The two omitted members disputed that the remaining member had the authority to unilaterally determine that both of their interests had ceased to exist.
Neither signed the proposed agreement acknowledging the remaining individual as sole owner.
The dispute ultimately resulted in the breakdown of the working relationship among the three individuals.
August 12, 2026
DRVU Reappears Under a New Website
A new DRVU website appeared at DRVU.now.
The website continued to associate DRVU with Preem Transport LLC, while the remaining individual was publicly presented as “Sole Founder and CEO.”
The two other individuals identified as original members in the company’s formation documents were not identified on the new website.
Neither was participating in the development or operation of that website.
August 14, 2026
The Hawaii Business Registration Division Is Contacted
The two original participants contacted the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Business Registration Division (BREG) regarding the membership information appearing in the public record.
BREG explained that current member information can be updated through an Officer/Director/Member/Manager Change (ODC) filing.
BREG did not provide a legal opinion regarding whether the 2026 Annual Report violated Hawaii law or regarding the legal effect of the Chapter 7 bankruptcy, explaining that those questions were outside its administrative role.
This conversation is included only to document the administrative information provided by BREG and should not be interpreted as a legal determination by DCCA regarding the underlying membership dispute.
August 22, 2026
Legal Advice Is Sought Regarding the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
One of the omitted original members subsequently consulted with his attorney regarding whether his Chapter 7 bankruptcy had automatically removed him from Preem Transport LLC.
The attorney advised him that filing Chapter 7 did not automatically remove him from the LLC.
This legal advice differed from the assumption previously made that the bankruptcy itself may have automatically terminated his membership.
Accordingly, this timeline does not characterize the Chapter 7 filing as automatically terminating that individual’s membership in Preem Transport LLC.
The bankruptcy itself remains unrelated to DRVU and Preem Transport LLC.
This timeline does not attempt to provide a broader legal opinion concerning the bankruptcy, the ownership interests of the parties, or the ultimate legal status of Preem Transport LLC. Those matters are left to the appropriate attorneys and legal processes if they ever require resolution.
Where DRVU Stands Today
The original working relationship among the three individuals involved in developing DRVU has ended.
The two original participants responsible for developing the original website, branding, marketing materials, application, and code are no longer participating in the current development, maintenance, management, or operation of DRVU.
After more than a year of working together, the way these events unfolded resulted in a complete loss of trust between the parties.
For that reason, those two individuals have chosen to part ways with the current DRVU operation and move forward separately.
Any current or future DRVU website, application, product, or service should therefore not be understood as being developed, maintained, operated, or endorsed by those two individuals.
Questions concerning the legal membership or ownership of Preem Transport LLC remain unresolved by this timeline.
The Simplest Way to Explain What Happened
A 2nd attorney we spoke with used a simple analogy to describe why the situation was so difficult for us:
Imagine three people agree to get lunch together. You give one person money toward the lunch. Instead, that person comes back, eats the lunch in front of you, and says:
“I used the money you gave me for our lunch to buy the lunch for myself, because I decided you probably would have spent your money on something else anyway.”
It’s obviously not a legal explanation of what happened with DRVU. It’s simply an analogy for how the situation felt from our side.
We spent more than a year contributing our time and work toward something we believed the three of us were building together. Then we discovered that the company was being publicly represented with only one of those three people remaining.
That’s really the heart of why the working relationship ended – not because the three of us couldn’t build DRVU together, but because of the way one individual chose to handle the situation. In our view, it was extremely unprofessional, and ultimately, the trust was gone. 🤦♂️
Why This Timeline Exists
This timeline isn’t being published to continue a dispute. It’s being published so our side of what happened is documented, and so we can close this chapter and move forward.
We invested more than a year of our time, work, and creativity into DRVU because we believed in what the three of us were building together.
We’re proud of the work we contributed.
But our involvement with the current DRVU operation ends here.