Updated
Updated · Crain's Detroit Business · Jun 24
Michigan AG Charges Fay Beydoun Over $20 Million State Grant
Updated
Updated · Crain's Detroit Business · Jun 24

Michigan AG Charges Fay Beydoun Over $20 Million State Grant

2 articles · Updated · Crain's Detroit Business · Jun 24

Summary

  • $20 million in state funding is at the center of criminal charges filed by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel against business leader Fay Beydoun.
  • Beydoun secured the grant for Global Link International, a nonprofit business accelerator she created in 2022 to receive and spend money allocated in a budget approved by lawmakers and Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
  • The case focuses on how that legislatively approved funding was obtained and routed through the nonprofit, putting a high-profile state grant under legal scrutiny.

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