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South Haven health care company owner sentenced for health care fraud file photo and last updated 2021-02-10 20:13:04-05 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The owner of a home health agency in South Haven has been sentenced to five years behind bars for committing health care fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Michigan. We’re told Kenneth Nash pled guilty back in October, saying Universal Home Health Care submitted claims for services surpassing $750,000 by means of forging doctors’ signatures. U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney added three years of su...

3 Metro Detroiters accused of 95 fraudulent unemployment claims as thousands struggle to get benefits Mitchacole Johnson, Larry Witherspoon, Jordan Armstrong charged in 2 separate schemes Published:  Tags:  Man, woman charged in fraud scheme In the first scheme, Mitchacole Johnson, 44, of Shelby Township, and Larry Witherspoon, 45, of Harper Woods, have been charged with mail fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Johnson and Witherspoon were arrested Thursday (Jan. 28), officials said. Federal officials said the two filed at least 66 fraudulent Michigan unemploym...

Reply Three people face federal felony charges in two separate investigations, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced this week. (Shutterstock) DETROIT — Three people have been indicted for their roles in two separate unemployment fraud schemes, U.S. attorneys announced this week. Mitchacole Johnson, 44, of Shelby Township, and Larry Witherspoon, 45, of Harper Woods, were arrested Thursday and charged in one case with mail fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider said. In a separate case, 28-year-old Jordan Armstrong, of Detroit, was c...

Troy investor spends $1 million of other people’s money each week to play lottery in failed fraud scheme Viktor Gjonaj accused of losing $19 million of victims’ money Published:  Tags:  Troy investor is accused of losing $19 million of other people’s money in a scheme that involved tricking them into fake investment opportunities and spending more than $1 million per week on Michigan Lottery games. Viktor Gjonaj, 43, was charged Thursday (Jan. 28) with one count of wire fraud. Officials said the commercial real estate broker and investor devised a plan to take money from people by ma...

Former Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith pleads guilty to obstruction of justice By Jack Nissen MACOMB CO., Mich. - A former Macomb County prosecutor has pled guilty to an obstruction of justice charge after a federal investigation into fraud schemes he ran while in office. Eric Smith admitted to investigators that he asked coworkers and friends to make false statements to law enforcement regarding a probe into thefts of tens of thousands of dollars through a political campaign fund. Smith's guilty plea included an admission that he stole a total of $74,000 over two instances after writing ...