Stronger penalties for gift card fraud now in effect in Michigan
A law that makes it easier to prosecute individuals who commit gift card fraud is now in effect in Michigan.
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A law that makes it easier to prosecute individuals who commit gift card fraud is now in effect in Michigan.
A Detroit man was sentenced for leading a $16 million fraud scheme that involved federal student aid and pandemic-era assistance.
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield and the Detroit Land Bank Authority are celebrating the 67 Detroiters who are receiving deeds to their homes on Friday.
A Dearborn dental clinic officer manager is accused of falsely billing Medicaid for dental crowns that were not provided to patients.
According to court records, while conducting the scheme, Chanise Coyne spent more than $200,000 for Taylor Swift tickets in Florida.
A U.S. enforcement push, dubbed "Heartland fraud surge," probed losses involving the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.
Hazel Park's police department said that a 30-year-old California man scammed a 70-year-old Hazel Park woman out of over $270,000.
A Southfield woman accused of submitting multiple fraudulent COVID Emergency Rental Assistance applications and receiving nearly $100,000 has pleaded guilty.
Marilyn Ethel Harp, 74, of Ionia, was charged with bank fraud on June 30. She is due back in court for sentencing on Dec. 3 and faces up to 30 years in prison.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel called the care and sheer number of violations against a Southeast Michigan nursing home operator "atrocious."
Authorities claim Yolanda Matthews submitted more than $539,000 in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare.
A West Bloomfield, Michigan, man is accused of helping to raise millions of dollars from investors for a proposed sports complex that he made little effort to pursue, instead using the funds for personal and lifestyle expenses, according to the Justice Department.
A Hamtramck city councilman charged with election fraud and forgery has been acquitted of all felony charges in connection with the 2023 city council election
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has four Michigan residents in separate healthcare fraud cases.
A suspended commodities trader from Michigan pleaded guilty to his role in $2.7-million investment fraud scheme.
Four Metro Detroiters, including two former U.S. Postal Service employees, have been sentenced for their part in a $63 million scheme involving checks that were stolen from the mail and then resold.
Investors in the scheme were given statements that claimed profits, when the funds actually lost money, federal officials said
A Northville dentist is facing 43 felony charges in an alleged Medicaid fraud scheme.
A Michigan man will serve between two and 15 years in prison over a fraudulent effort to obtain COVID-19 relief funds and Paycheck Protection Program loans.
Ten people have been arrested and charged in a retail fraud operation that was conducted by police in Canton, Michigan, the city agency said Thursday.
A Michigan woman pleaded guilty to a $4.6 million scheme that claimed money would be used to launch a child's modeling career.
A New York man accused of helping to lead a multi-state check fraud scheme has pleaded guilty, according to a court record filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
A Michigan woman who owned a home care agency was convicted on charges relating to a $1.6 million scheme to defraud Medicare.
A Detroit man accused of leading a years-old student aid fraud scheme and embezzeling $16 million pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
A man accused of stealing the identities of at least 12 people to obtain more than $400,000 in unemployment benefits and rental assistance is headed to trial.
