AG announces charges in fake signature scandal that torpedoed 5 GOP governor hopefuls – By Paul Egan (Detroit Free Press) / June 22, 2023
LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced charges Thursday arising from the fake nominating petition signatures that resulted in the disqualification of five Republican candidates for governor in 2022.
Charges were filed Tuesday in 37th District Court in Warren against three defendants, court records show.
Shawn Wilmoth, 36, and Willie Reed, 37, each face 27 felony counts including conducting a criminal enterprise, false pretenses, computer fraud, and election forgery, records show. Jamie Lynn Wilmoth-Goodin, 36, faces 25 such charges.
Two of the charges, operating a criminal enterprise and false pretenses over $100,000, are 20-year felonies.
