Disclaimer: This timeline is not intended to defame, slander, harass, or personally attack anyone. It is presented solely to document the events surrounding Preem Transport LLC / DRVU based on the information and public records available. Readers are encouraged to review the 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.
There was no Operating Agreement given however, over the following year, the three members worked together to develop DRVU.
Two of those original members contributed substantial work toward building 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 as members of Preem Transport LLC / DRVU.
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 company continued to operate under the original member-managed structure.
Before July 6, 2026
One Original Member Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. *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. It did not result from the operation, finances, debts, or performance of DRVU.
Under HRS §428-601, becoming a debtor in bankruptcy is an event that “may cause” a member’s dissociation from a Hawaii LLC.
However, the bankruptcy concerned only that individual.
The other original member had not filed bankruptcy, voluntarily withdrawn, signed a resignation, transferred his membership, agreed to a buyout, or knowingly relinquished his membership.
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 two other individuals identified as original members in the company’s formation documents were no longer listed.
The Important Distinction
That second member who did not file for bankruptcy maintains that before the July 6 filing:
- He had not voluntarily withdrawn from Preem Transport LLC.
- He had not signed a resignation.
- He had not transferred his membership interest.
- He had not agreed to a buyout.
- He had not knowingly relinquished his membership.
- He had not been notified that the Annual Report would no longer identify him as a member.
The central unresolved question is therefore:
What legal event, if any, caused the second original member to cease being a member before the July 6 Annual Report was filed?
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.
The other original member who did not file for bankruptcy maintains that, before the filing, he had not voluntarily withdrawn, signed a resignation, transferred his membership, agreed to a buyout, or knowingly relinquished his membership. He also states that he had received no prior notice that the Annual Report would no longer identify him as a member.
*Why the Certification Matters
Hawaii law provides potential penalties for signing or certifying a document filed under Chapter 428 when the information is materially false. Under HRS §428-1302, the nature of any potential penalty depends upon circumstances including whether the person signing or certifying the document knew the information was false in a material respect or negligently failed to know that it was false.
Accordingly, if the second original member was still legally a member when the Annual Report was filed, the accuracy of a filing identifying only one member—and the certification that the information was true and correct—could present an issue requiring legal review.
*No allegation is being made here that the signer committed a crime or otherwise violated HRS §428-1302. Whether the filing contained materially false information and whether the knowledge or intent required by the statute existed are legal and factual questions that have not been determined.
This timeline documents only what is presently established: the Annual Report listed one member, the filing was certified as true and correct, and the second omitted original member maintains that he had not knowingly or voluntarily relinquished his membership before the 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 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.
The agreement was not signed by either individual.
*Importantly, the proposed agreement did not identify the Chapter 7 bankruptcy as the reason for the sole-ownership structure. That fact does not establish what anyone knew or intended as a matter of law. It does, however, provide documentary context regarding how the company’s ownership structure was subsequently presented.
August 10, 2026
The Original Members Object
After reviewing the proposed agreement and discovering the change reflected in the Annual Report, the two original members objected.
During the subsequent written discussion, the remaining member explained:
“I had to structure myself as the sole owner.”
One original member now acknowledges that his Chapter 7 filing may already have caused his statutory dissociation under Hawaii law. If that is the legal result, he accepts it.
However, statutory dissociation does not necessarily mean that an individual’s economic or distributional interest simply disappears or automatically becomes the property of another member. Because Preem Transport LLC was organized as an at-will LLC, HRS §§428-603 and 428-701 contain provisions requiring the company, under the circumstances specified by those statutes, to purchase a dissociated member’s interest, generally based upon its fair value as of the date of dissociation.
*No purchase offer or buyout for that interest had been presented to the dissociated member before or with the proposed August 10 agreement. Instead, the proposed agreement stated that the individual had no present ownership, equity, distributional, or other ownership-related interest in the company.
Because the dissociation may have resulted from a Chapter 7 filing, any economic or distributional interest and any resulting purchase or buyout right may also involve the bankruptcy estate or trustee. Accordingly, this timeline does not make a determination as to whom any payment would ultimately be payable.
The separate question involving the other original member remained unresolved.
That member had not filed bankruptcy and maintains that he had never voluntarily withdrawn, signed a resignation or transfer, agreed to a buyout, or knowingly relinquished his membership before the July 6 filing.
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 website.
Neither was participating in the development or operation of the new website.
August 13, 2026
Where DRVU Stands Today
The original working relationship between the three individuals who built DRVU has ended.
DRVU is currently operating publicly under the direction of the remaining individual.
The two other original participants are no longer involved in the current development, maintenance, management, or operation of the DRVU website or application.
After more than a year of working together to build DRVU, the way these events unfolded resulted in a complete loss of trust between the parties.
For that reason, the two original participants who developed the original website, branding, marketing materials, application, and code have parted ways with the current DRVU operation.
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.
DRVU currently continues to operate under Preem Transport LLC and is publicly presented under the direction of one individual. However, the other original member maintains that he never voluntarily withdrew, transferred his membership, agreed to a buyout, or otherwise knowingly relinquished his membership before the 2026 Annual Report was filed. Accordingly, the legal basis, if any, for presenting Preem Transport LLC as having a “sole member” remains unresolved. DCCA’s acceptance of the Annual Report does not itself determine the validity of the underlying membership information.