Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway is resigning Monday, months after a series of questionable real estate transactions first were revealed by a Detroit TV station.
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway is resigning Monday, months after a series of questionable real estate transactions first were revealed by a Detroit TV station. (Courtesy WXYZ-TV)
Detroit — Federal prosecutors have charged Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway with bank fraud, just a few days before she leaves the state's highest court in a scandal involving the sale of a Detroit-area home and suspicious steps taken to conceal property in Florida.
The charge was filed Friday as a criminal "information," which means a guilty plea is expected in federal court. Hathaway's defense attorney, Steve Fishman, declined to comment Saturday, and the justice did not return a phone message seeking comment.
Hathaway is resigning Monday, months after a series of questionable real estate transactions first were revealed by a Detroit TV station. Hathaway and her husband, attorney Michael Kingsley, deeded a Florida home to Kingsley's daughter while trying to negotiate a short sale on a $1.5 million lakefront home they couldn't afford in Grosse Pointe Park.
By Chad Livengood
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