US: Lock up ex-Michigan justice for bank fraud

May 23, 2013 @ 2:12 pm

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to send a former Michigan Supreme Court justice to prison for bank fraud.

The U.S. government filed a sentencing memo in the case against Diane Hathaway ahead of a hearing next Tuesday in Ann Arbor federal court.

Prosecutors say her crime was "coordinated" and "methodical." They're seeking a prison sentence of a year to 18 months

Hathaway admits she concealed assets and misled a bank as she tried to negotiate a short sale on her home in Grosse Pointe Park. The government says she had assets of more than $1 million but still wanted to be free of a $600,000 mortgage debt.

Hathaway is asking for probation and community service instead of time behind bars. She quit the state Supreme Court in January.


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  • shark75 wrote...
    One thing the article failed to put out: DEMOCRAT
    January 19, 2013 1:04 pm
    Yes it said that her vitory put the democrats in control...that doesnt mean anything to the mind-numbed idiots in this country. Of course if she was a republican, the headline would read "Republican Supreme Court justice charged with fraud" and of course the word "republican" would be in the first sentence of the article, and then peppered thoughout. Thanks A/P!
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  • CH wrote...
    scandal diminishes the public's trust in government -
    January 19, 2013 4:56 pm
    not really this makes up our Congress!!
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