Michigan’s attorney general on March 2 asked the state Supreme Court to overturn key decisions and extend the state’s anti-discrimination law to gays and lesbians. People who claim discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation have not been protected by …
A Muskegon insurance agent charged with fraud and embezzling his clients’ money has pleaded guilty, according to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Director Anita Fox. In February, Charles Booker Jr., 63, …
A West Bloomfield, Mich., physician has been charged with insurance fraud and dispensing prescriptions without a license, the state attorney general’s office reported. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has charged Dr. Namir Zukkoor, 71, with several crimes, including insurance fraud, …
A Michigan former insurance agent charged with embezzling from an elderly client has been sentenced to 36 months’ probation – with six months under house arrest – and ordered to pay restitution, state officials announced. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel …
A Muskegon insurance agent has been charged with fraud and embezzling more than $17,000 of his clients’ money, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) reported. The AG and DIFS allege that between …
A former Flint, Michigan, insurance agent has pleaded guilty to selling or offering customers fake auto insurance certificates, state regulators said. Attorney General Dana Nessel said Dillen Leonard, 25, pleaded guilty to multiple felony counts of insurance fraud. They include …
A Howell, Michigan, insurance agent has been charged with embezzlement and conducting a criminal enterprise, among other felonies, according to state Attorney General Dana Nessel. Alicia Holbrook-Bloink is accused of taking more than $375,000 of her clients’ money between 2015 …
Michigan’s attorney general has asked a judge to shut down a pipeline in the Great Lakes after an energy company discovered that an anchor support had shifted deep below the surface. Enbridge Inc. insists the Line 5 pipeline itself was …
The state of Michigan filed a lawsuit on June 9 against the owner of two dams, seeking fines for the destruction of natural resources as well as “gross mismanagement” that preceded a devastating flood in Midland County. Blame for the …
Michigan on Dec. 17 sued four companies over the deadly painkiller epidemic, becoming what state Attorney General Dana Nessel said is the first state to sue major opioid distributors under a liability law that is typically used to go after …
