Oral Molden, a 47-year-old Lima Township man, was arrested on December 22 on numerous charges including false pretenses between $999 and $20,000, and false pretenses over $20,000. Molden had faced embezzlement charges prior, but had that charge dismissed earlier in the year. The new charges are connected to the same…
Paul Douglas Kelly, a 53-year-old Cadillac chiropractor accused of tax evasion, was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday December 3rd. Additionally, Kelly will pay $279,145 in restitution and be placed on supervised release for two years upon the end of his prison term. The chiropractor was sentenced in…
Diane Hathaway, a Michigan Supreme Court judge, has been accused of real estate fraud by the FBI, who believe that she and her husband, Michael Kingsley, fraudulently transferred property in order to wipe $600,000 in mortgage debt off of their Michigan home. The federal government filed a lawsuit recently which…
William Rice, once the head of the homicide division of the Detroit Police Department, recently appeared in court facing allegations of drug dealing and possession, mortgage fraud, operating a criminal enterprise and more. Detroit residents are no doubt used to hearing the words Detroit and corruption together, certainly more often…
In August of this year, George and Teresa Kastanes were accused of initiating a Ponzi scheme which allegedly stripped more than $10 million from the Detroit Police and Fire Retirement fund. The Florida couple received a loan in 2008 in the amount of $9.9 million from the pension system according…
A Livonia gynecologist, 63-year-old Jonathan Agbebiyi of Sterling Heights, has been ordered to pay nearly $3 million in restitution to the government after being convicted of Medicare fraud. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, Agbebiyi was convicted on charges of conspiracy to committing health care fraud and six counts of…
Pamela McMichael, a 55-year-old woman who was working as a budget analyst in Eastern Michigan University’s Extended Programs and Educational Outreach department, has been accused of embezzling approximately $10,000 according to police and news reports. The embezzlement occurred over the summer months, according to EMU Police Chief Bob Heighes. Heighes…
In March of this year, shocking allegations were made against a Pontiac school administrator involving use of federal and state education funds for personal purchases including furniture, clothes and expensive cars. The alleged offenses took place in 2011, according to news reports. Jumanne Sledge, former head associate superintendent for Organizational…
On October 2nd, Tammy Lynn Lumbard was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney to serve one year and one day in federal prison after being convicted on one count of bank embezzlement. The mother of three worked as a teller and supervisor at a Huntington Bank branch in…
Recently, news reports have indicated that Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared from a Bloomfield Hills Township lunch meeting 37 years ago, may be buried beneath a Roseville driveway. According to Roseville Police Chief James Berlin, the department received information from an individual who claimed to see something. Michigan’s Department…