Information — No. 2:22-cr-20355 (Dkt. 1, E.D. Mich.)

Summary

A criminal information in United States of America v. Semaje Reffigee, Case No. 2:22-cr-20355-MFL-EAS, filed July 8, 2022 as ECF No. 1 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Count One charges conspiracy to commit wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1349. The information alleges that Reffigee, a contract Unemployment Insurance Examiner for the State of Michigan from October 2020, accepted bribes from outside actors to re-activate claims flagged for fraud and approve fraudulent unemployment claims through June 2021. It alleges that Reffigee re-activated or approved over 35 fraudulent claims valued at more than $300,000. The forfeiture allegation includes $2,800 in U.S. Currency, and the signature block names United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.

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