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Embattled Eastpointe mayor pleads to reduced charge after lying about COVID-19 grant
Monique Owens, the city’s youngest and first Black mayor, now faces up to one year in jail
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Crime, Politics & Government, Eastpointe, Monique Owens, COVID-19 grant, fraud, making false pretenses, Macomb County Prosecutor, Macomb County, Peter Lucido
910AM Superstation owner accused of fraud, racketeering in federal lawsuit
Kevin Adell’s cousin claims the media mogul stole ‘many millions of dollars’ worth of property from his family members
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Kevin Adell, 910AM Superstation, media, lawsuit, U.S. District Court, racketeering, fraud, Novi, Adell Center, Joan Adell Tringale
Eastpointe mayor accused of fraudulently applying for COVID-19 grant
Mayor Monique Owens faces up to five years in prison if convicted
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Monique Owens, Eastpointe, Macomb County Prosecutor's Office, Peter Lucido, CARES Act, COVID-19, false pretenses, fraud
These 74 cops in Wayne County have been deemed untrustworthy to testify in court
The Brady-Giglio list is named after a pair of U.S. Supreme Court rulings that require police departments and prosecutors to divulge evidence that could help the defense
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Kym Worthy, Brady-Giglio list, Detroit Police Department, theft, dishonesty, fraud, false statements, bias, bribery
James Craig cannot appear on the ballot in Michigan’s gubernatorial election, court rules
The former Detroit police turned in thousands of forged signatures
Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, James Craig, Michigan Court of Claims, petitions, politics, election, fraud
Five GOP gubernatorial candidates could be knocked off the ballot because of fraudulent signatures
The Michigan Bureau of Election said it found an unprecedented number of fraud
Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Michigan Bureau of Elections, James Craig, Tudor Dixon, Perry Johnson, Michael Brown, Republicans, fraud, petitions, election, politics, Michigan Board of Canvassers
James Craig’s ‘gang of forgers’ also committed fraud for another campaign, complaint alleges
More evidence of fake signatures surface in another Michigan race
Tags: Politics & Elections, Petition circulators, fraud, James Craig, Tricia Dare, politics, election, Amanda Shelton, Oakland County, Oakland County Circuit Court, Michigan Bureau of Election, Michigan Board of Canvassers
Complaints allege James Craig’s campaign fraudulently obtained signatures to get on ballot
Election officials are investigating what an attorney calls ‘massive fraud’
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Politics, election, Tudor Dixon, James Craig, Perry Johnson, Michigan Democratic Party, fraud, forgery
Elizabeth Holmes suckered Betsy Devos's family into giving her $100 million, according to testimony
By Lee DeVito
Tags: Betsy DeVos, Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos, fraud
Ex-Detroit drug cops accused of corruption, face potential felony charges
Tags: Detroit, Detroit Police, drugs, cops, corruption, fraud, search warrants, Chief Craig, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office
Ex-Macomb County Prosecutor Smith pleads guilty to obstruction in embezzlement scheme
Tags: Eric Smith, Macomb County, Macomb County Prosecutor's Office, Embezzlement, campaign finance, fraud, FBI, U.S. Attorney's Office
COVID-19 and holidays create perfect storm for fraudsters in Michigan
By Mary Schuermann Kuhlman, Michigan News Connection
Tags: fraud, COVID-19, holidays, coronavirus
Conservative operatives Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman to be arraigned today in election robocall scheme in Detroit
Tags: Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman, Republicans, Robocall, Michigan, Attorney General, fraud, election, politics, election, voter intimidation
Michigan breathalyzer technicians charged with falsifying documents
Tags: Breathalyzers, drunken driving, Attorney General, Dana Nessel, fraud, Intoximeter, court, crime
Governor Rick Snyder approves unemployment reforms after false fraud fiasco
By Violet Ikonomova
Tags: News Hits, Unemployment insurance agency, fraud, michigan, MiDAS, Michigan Integrated Data Automated System, automated fraud detection
High school teacher allegedly stole homecoming money so she could feed gambling addiction
By Jack Roskopp
Tags: News Hits, Macomb County teacher, homecoming, gambling, slot machines, fraud
Mich. calls for review of Unemployment Insurance Agency, replaces director
Tags: Local News, News Hits, MiDAS, Michigan, unemployment, fraud
Dear Sirs: Octogenarian scammed of $14K in an elaborate ruse
By Crystal Mose
Tags: News Hits, scam, fraud, cvs, money, illegal
Michigan’s ‘Bikers, Buds, & Brews’ taps Marcy Playground and Soul Asylum
Detroit’s ‘NSFW’ art and music exhibit is not what you think
By Randiah Camille Green
Kash Doll, Rema, and PartyNextDoor among Afro Nation Detroit headliners