LANSING – Yesterday, Darius Nance, 33, of Redford, was arraigned before Magistrate Andra Richardson in the 48th District Court in Bloomfield Hills on one count of Embezzlement from a Vulnerable Adult – $1,000 or more but less than $20,000, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. The charge carries a potential penalty of up to 5 years’ incarceration and/or a fine of $10,000 or three times the value of the money or property involved, whichever is greater. 

An investigation conducted by the Attorney General revealed that Nance’s grandfather was admitted into the SKLD Bloomfield Hills nursing facility in October 2022.  Nance was appointed his grandfather’s guardian by the Oakland County Probate Court on February 22, 2023.  It is alleged that Nance failed to make any payments to the facility for his grandfather’s care after assuming guardianship, and that he wrote numerous checks from his grandfather’s account after his admission to the facility, not for his grandfather’s needs but his own personal business dealings. 

"Court-appointed guardians are entrusted with the vital responsibility of protecting our most vulnerable citizens,” Nessel said. “My office will continue to hold accountable those who use guardianships to unlawfully enrich themselves.” 

Nance is next due in the 48th District Court on September 3 for a probable cause conference. The preliminary exam is set for September 9.  

The Attorney General’s Health Care Fraud Division (HCFD) handled this case for the Department. The HCFD is the federally certified Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for Michigan, and it receives 75% of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $5,541,992 for the fiscal year 2024. The remaining 25%, totaling $1,847,326 is funded by the State of Michigan.