Tag Archives: Michigan Fraud Charges

Mail fraud is one of the most common types of fraud committed in the United States, and here in Michigan we’re no exception. Hundreds of cases of suspected mail fraud are investigated every year in Michigan. Lots of these investigations lead to criminal charges. However, if you aren’t involved in mail fraud yourself, and you […]

Welcome back and thanks for joining us here at The Kronzek Firm, as we break down the subject of fraud crimes in Michigan, and take a look at what each type of criminal activity involves. So far in this series we’ve discussed everything from credit card fraud and embezzlement to organized retail crime and insurance […]

Hello and thanks for joining The Kronzek Firm again for our series breakdown of fraud crimes in Michigan. So far we’ve looked at credit card fraud, embezzlement, and tax evasion. In this next segment we’re going to talk about organized retail crime in Michigan – what it means and what the penalties involve. What is […]

56-year-old Bashar Imam is a well-known investor and developer in the Troy area. He is also a respected member of Detroit’s Syrian immigrant community. Ask people in his community to describe him, and they would most likely use words like ‘entrepreneur’, ‘hard worker’ and ‘prosperous businessman.’ And while those may all be true, they are […]

  48-year-old Christine Reiss, the ex-wife of former Greenville, MI police chief Mark Reiss, was recently found guilty of health care fraud. According to Montcalm County court records, the jury found her guilty of continuing to use her ex husband’s health care, even after the pair was divorced.   The charges have not only affected […]

  Ask anyone about the hippocratic oath, and most people will parrot back the phrase, “Do no harm.” However, while it may come as a surprise to you, this phrase doesn’t actually appear anywhere in the Hippocratic oath. In addition, the oath itself is not actually required for a doctor to practice medicine. Some hospitals […]

After the Courser/Gamrat sex scandal that blazed through the Michigan media for months, the debacle where State senator Virgil Smith shot at his ex-wife’s car, and the business with both the Newaygo County Commissioner and the Bay City Commissioner who faced charges for larceny and destruction of property, Michigan politics seems to have had a […]

Joel Wilson Guilty of Racketeering and More It took the jury almost a full day to discuss and deliberate the charges faced by Joel Wilson – the Bay City business owner accused of running a ponzi scheme through his company – The Diversified Group. But in the end, they were unanimous in their decision, and […]

Former Saginaw Resident Facing Felony Charges Joel Wilson, a 31-year-old former resident of Saginaw, MI, is facing multiple felony charges in connection with a “Ponzi scheme” that the Attorney General’s office claims has resulted in approximately $8.5 million in missing investor funds. According to a recent press release, Wilson is being extradited back to the […]

Law enforcement officials recently arrested a former Bayside Beverage Corporation employee for allegedly taking over $69,000 from the business. If convicted of the charges against him, the Boyne City man will likely be expected to repay all of the money, and could face jail time as well.