Tag Archives: Fraud Charges in Michigan

It’s a statement that’s gone viral, just like the case that instigated this humorous jab, made by Charles Barkley on the American Express Halftime Report on TNT. While chatting with Shaquille O’Neal and other hosts during halftime of the Rockets-Lakers game, Barkley weighed in on the Jussie Smollett controversy with a surprising and rather funny […]

  Welcome back and thanks for joining us here at The Kronzek Firm, for our series breakdown on fraud crimes in Michigan, and the many forms they can take. Because fraud and financial crimes are so varied, there is no way to sum them up in one description. For that reason, and in the hopes […]

Being accused of a crime is scary. Being accused of a crime that you didn’t commit is terrifying. But that’s exactly what happened to Jonna Ferguson. After the Corinthian Colleges closed down the Everest Institute, she was out of a job and had to rely on unemployment from the state of Michigan. But just a […]

Ponzi Scheme Trial Rescheduled for Michigan Man  Troy Barnes, a 53-year-old resident of Riverview, Michigan, has been accused of operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of investors out of millions of dollars. Barnes and his co-conspirator, Kristine Louise Johnson of Aurora, Colorado, are now facing federal charges. And the possibility of many years behind […]

Detroit Area Attorney Charged with 30 Felonies  The Homeowner Protection Unit, under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General’s Office, has filed thirty felony charges against Attorney Steven Barry Ruza and his company. These charges come in the wake of a mortgage foreclosure investigation that revealed an enormous, ongoing scam which made hundreds of thousands in […]

The mother of Jamarion Lawhorn, the youngest murder suspect in Kent County’s history, is now facing felony fraud charges in addition to numerous other child abuse related charges. She is accused of scamming the government out of thousands of dollars in the form of welfare fraud.

Sentencing Set in Flint Substitute Teacher Scam  In the 2003 movie School of Rock, actor Jack Black’s character Dewey Finn is an out of work Rocker who needs money. He decides to pose as his roommate, Ned Schneebly, who is a substitute teacher, and work at a private school where he teaches all of his […]

After just a single day of jury selection and only a few days of witness and expert testimony, the Joel Wilson trial began to wind down, and in closing arguments, both the prosecution and the defense explained to the court their respective positions.

A Michigan medical assistant was recently sentenced to serve 46 months behind bars and pay $2.8 million in restitution after scamming Medicare out of millions in false home health services claims.

Grand Blanc Township police recently arrested a Canton man who attempted to cash a fraudulent check at multiple Chase Bank locations.