Lansing, MI - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel recently announced the creation of a new initiative, in conjunction with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), the Welfare Fraud Pretrial Diversion Program.
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Lansing, MI - After wrapping up National Consumer Protection Week last week, AG Nessel is highlighting the accomplishments of the Department’s Consumer Protection Team.
Lansing, MI - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general in sending a letter to Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) addressing the recent rise of Facebook and Instagram account takeovers by scammers and frauds.
Lansing, MI - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Wednesday, March 6, 2024, that Husam Thamin Abed, 54, of Sterling Heights, has been convicted by a Kent County jury of six counts of the Unauthorized Practice of a Health Profession—a felony, punishable by up to four years in prison and/or a $5,000.00 fine.
Lansing, MI - Dr. Rainna Furnari Brazil, 57, of Sylvan Lake, was arraigned Monday, March 4, 2024 in the 48th District Court in Oakland County on charges stemming from an allegedly fraudulent disability insurance claim and subsequent years of receiving fraudulent payments, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.
Lansing, MI - During National Consumer Protection Week, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is warning Michigan residents of the latest frontier for scammers: death.
Detroit, MI - On Monday, March 4, 2024, David Holman, 48, of Metamora, pled no contest to one felony count of False Pretenses, $1,000-$20,000, for conducting a scheme to fraudulently bill the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and the City of Detroit over $1,000,000 related to house demolitions, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.
Detroit, MI - On Monday, March 4, 2024, Robert Yarbrough, 58, currently incarcerated in state prison and last residing in Detroit, was re-sentenced in the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County to serve 50-100 years’ incarceration for repeatedly raping and assaulting a Detroit woman he held captive for over 20 hours in December 2017, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.
- MDHHS Awarded $825K To Continue Juvenile Justice Reform
- Substance Abuse Patient Brokering Scheme Warning Issued
- Detroit Woman To Face Charges For Actions In Unlicensed Businesses
- Tax Identity Theft Alert Re-Issued In Michigan
- MI AG Joins Coalition Urging Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform
- Findings, Charges Announced In Unlock Michigan Investigation
- SCOTUS Denies Petitions To Overturn Sanctions On MI Attorneys
- MI AG Joins Coalition Urging Stronger Baby Food Protections
- Roseville Man Charged With Embezzling From Troy Grocery Store
- Former Wayne Co Ct Asst Headed To Trial On Embezzlement Charges