Three people accused of stealing an individual’s identity and illegally creating a power of attorney to obtain over $570,000 from them are set to stand trial in Michigan, the Department of Attorney General said Friday.
Averill Dintaman, 46, and Daniel Nolan, 51, both from Mount Pleasant, Michigan, waived preliminary examination and were ordered to stand trial in the 56th Circuit Court in Eaton County. Co-defendant Dwayne Johnson, 59, was bound over to stand trial in June.
Prosecutors allege that the three people stole someone’s identity in 2022 and forged a fraudulent durable power of attorney to obtain an unclaimed property check in their name for $579,551. Johnson, from St. Louis, Missouri, then posed as the victim at the Michigan Department of Treasury’s office to get a second copy of the check…