Self-proclaimed sovereign citizen pleads guilty to writing fake checks
A Macomb County man who attempted to pay the Michigan Department of Treasury (Treasury) with fraudulent checks pled guilty to felony charges, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Wednesday.
This matter was referred to the Department of Attorney General’s Financial Crimes Division from Treasury, leading to further investigation and charges.
Damon Montgomery, 54, pled guilty to three counts of no-account check, felonies punishable by two years in prison or $500. In January 2021, Montgomery, sent three checks to Treasury in an attempt to pay his taxes. Each check contained TCF Bank routing numbers and was made payable to the State of Michigan for $1,000,000. The checks bounced because Montgomery did not have an account at TCF Bank.
Montgomery asserts that he is a Sovereign Citizen and exempt from certain Michigan law, including paying taxes.
The sentencing will be held on Jan. 25, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. via video conference before Ingham County Circuit Court Judge James Jamo.
Michigan man charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS
A Michigan man was charged, in an indictment unsealed Tuesday in the Eastern District of Michigan, with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, aka ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization, and for being a felon in possession of a destructive device.
According to the indictment, Aws Mohammed Naser, 34, formerly of Westland, attempted to provide material support to ISIS, in the form of personnel (including himself) and services, knowing that ISIS was a designated terrorist organization, and that ISIS engages in terrorism. In addition, Naser is charged with being a felon in possession of a destructive device in October 2017.
Naser was arraigned on the indictment at the U.S. District Courthouse in Detroit Tuesday. If convicted, Naser faces a maximum statutory penalty of up to 20 years in prison for the attempted material support charge and up to 15 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a destructive device.
Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison for the Eastern District of Michigan, and Special Agent in Charge James A. Tarasca of FBI Detroit Field Office made the announcement.
The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the case.
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