A West Bloomfield businessman spent seven years telling investors he was about to break ground on a $3 billion youth sports village near Detroit Metro Airport. Federal prosecutors say the land was never his, the escrow account never existed, and the money went somewhere else entirely.
Seojung Art sold nine years of monthly returns on paintings that had already been sold, or never existed at all. A Seoul court just put the CEO away for eighteen years. The 981 people who signed the contracts are still counting what is gone.
A Fort McMurray travel agency at the Peter Pond Mall took payments for flights and hotels that were never booked. Seven years later, the RCMP issued a warrant. The people who found out first were standing at check-in counters far from home.
A federal indictment unsealed Monday accuses Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk Tami Sawyer of running personal expenses through procurement cards belonging to her staff. The charges name the bars, the basketball games, and the friend's PayPal account.
