Detroit Judge, Lawyer and 2 Others Indicted In Alleged Scheme to Embezzle From Incapacitated and Elderly People

Detroit 36th District Court Judge Andrea Bradley-Baskin, her father, attorney Avery Bradley, and two others have been indicted in what federal authorities allege was a years-long scheme to embezzle more than $200,000 from elderly and incapacitated people in Wayne County Probate Court. Some of that money was used to invest in a local bar and pay for a car lease for a new Ford.

Nancy Williams, 59, Avery Bradley, 72, Judge Bradley-Baskin, 46, and Williams’ boyfriend, Dwight Rashad, 69, all Detroit residents, were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a federal indictment in Detroit unsealed Friday.

Additionally, Avery Bradley, Bradley-Baskin, and Rashad were charged with several counts of money laundering, and Bradley-Baskin with a single count of making a false statement to a federal law enforcement agent…

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