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Posted: 01/21/2013
(WXYZ) - Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway is officially retired. But she could soon be in front of a Federal Judge to answer to a Bank Fraud charge.
The allegations outlined by the feds in the charging document mirror what 7 Action News Investigators reported last year.
Hathaway is accused of "parking" two houses she owned. In other words, transferring ownership to her stepson and stepdaughter so she could qualify for a short sale on another home she owned on Lake Saint Clair in Grosse Pointe Park.
The mortgage lender, ING Direct approved the short sale saving Hathaway $600,000.
The feds issued a civil seizure on another home in Florida but put that on hold in December. Weeks later the Bank Fraud charge was issued.
The case is now in a procedural phase that must be completed before things can move forward. While the civil case about the home seizure is still on hold, it has been assigned to a judge in Ann Arbor.
Meanwhile, the bank fraud case has been assigned to a judge in Detroit.
The two judges must now confer and decide who will handle the combined case. Once that is done the case will be placed on their docket.
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