Thadiun Okona was captain of a small a small class-9 interplanetary cargo carrier, the Erstwhile.
In 2365, he got in the middle of a dispute between the Coalition of Madena.
Debin of Altec accused Okona of getting his daughter Yanar pregnant, while Kushell of Straleb accused him of stealing the crown Jewel of Thesia. Picard knew that releasing Okona to either one of them could cause a war between them. In reality Kushell's son was the father of Debin's daughter's child and had taken the jewel to present as a token of his love. Okona had been acting as a go between the two. (TNG: "The Outrageous Okona")