Hazel Park police detective charged with embezzlement
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HAZEL PARK A Hazel Park police detective stands accused of running a criminal enterprise and embezzling more than $65,000 in public asset forfeiture funds following an investigation by the FBI Detroit Area Public Corruption Task Force.
Sean Boucher, 45, of Warren, was arraigned Feb. 18 in Ferndale’s 43rd District Court on a felony charge of conducting a criminal enterprise, punishable by 20 years in prison and/or $100,000; embezzlement of between $50,000 and $100,000, a felony punishable by 15 years in prison and/or $25,000, or three times the amount embezzled, whichever is greater; and five counts of embezzlement by a public official of more than $50, a 10-year felony or $5,000.
West Bloomfield native sentenced to 15 years for administering 6.6 million doses of opioids
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WASHINGTON â Mashiyat Rashid, 40, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, the fromer CEO of the Tri-County Wellness Group of medical providers in Michigan and Ohio was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Accompanying the prison sentence is an order to pay over $51 million in restitution to Medicare in addition to forfeiting traceable proceeds of the health care fraud scheme to the United States (over $11.5 million, commercial real estate, residential real estate, and a Detroit Pistons season ticket membership.
Rashid pleaded guilty in 2018 to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, and one count of money laundering. Twenty-one other defendants, including 12 physicians, have also been, including four physicians who were convicted after a one-month trial in 2020.
The chief executive officer of a Michigan and Ohio-based group of pain clinics and other medical providers was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for developing and approving a corporate policy to administer unnecessary back injections to patients in exchange for prescriptions of over 6.6 million doses of medically unnecessary opioids.
Mashiyat Rashid of West Bloomfield, Michigan, was the CEO of the Tri-County Wellness Group of medical providers in Michigan and Ohio. In addition to the prison sentence, Rashid was also ordered to pay over $51 million in restitution to Medicare, as well as forfeiture to the United States of property traceable to proceeds of the health care fraud scheme, including over $11.5 million, commercial real estate, residential real estate, and a Detroit Pistons season ticket membership.
Hazel Park police detective accused of embezzling $68K in public funds
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(WXYZ) â A Hazel Park police detective is accused of embezzling more than $65,000 in public asset forfeiture funds.
The state attorney general s office says Sean Boucher, 45, of Warren, is set to be arraigned on the following charges:
Conducting a criminal enterprise, a felony punishable by 20 yearsâ imprisonment and/or $100,000;
Embezzlement of between $50,000 and $100,0000, a felony punishable by 15 yearsâ imprisonment and/or $25,000, or three times the amount embezzled, whichever is greater; and
Five counts of embezzlement by a public official of more than $50, a 10-year felony or $5,000.
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