Nation IN BRIEF : MICHIGAN : Associate of Mayor Indicted for Fraud
A federal grand jury indicted a former Detroit deputy police chief with close ties to Mayor Coleman Young on charges of using his connections to Detroit city officials to defraud investors. The 36-count indictment accuses Kenneth Weiner, 44, and two other men of running a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme. Weiner, a security consultant, worked closely with Young in the early 80s. The mayor had established a consulting firm, Detroit Technology & Investments Inc., in 1987. It was reported last month that Weiner had the only key to the firm’s offices.
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