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Muslim Michigan businesswoman and Whitmer ally Fay Beydoun faces 16 felony charges for allegedly diverting a $20 million state grant for personal use. ⠀ Attorney General Dana Nessel charged the 62-year-old Farmington Hills resident with conducting a criminal enterprise, forgery, uttering and publishing, and multiple counts of larceny by conversion. Beydoun is a close ally and donor to far-left Governor Gretchen Whitmer who was appointed by the governor to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation executive committee. She is an Arab American Muslim who has been profiled by Muslims for American Progress and has spoken about growing up attending mosque and being a proud Muslim. ⠀ Beydoun secured the grant in 2022 for Global Link International, a nonprofit she controlled that was meant to attract businesses to Oakland County as a global accelerator. Prosecutors allege she paid herself a $550,000 annual salary, bought a $4,500 coffee maker, an $11,000 first-class plane ticket, and more than $6,000 in Tunisian rugs, while submitting forged invoices and false reports. No businesses relocated through the program. ⠀ Nessel said Beydoun used political connections for what she called a “glass slipper grant” and lied repeatedly about expenses. More than six million dollars in remaining funds have been frozen and Beydoun’s attorney called the allegations unsupported. The investigation continues with a preliminary exam set for early 2027. ⠀ #Michigan #Whitmer

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Muslim Michigan businesswoman and Whitmer ally Fay Beydoun faces 16 felony charges for allegedly diverting a $20 million state grant for personal use.
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Attorney General Dana Nessel charged the 62-year-old Farmington Hills resident with conducting a criminal enterprise, forgery, uttering and publishing, and multiple counts of larceny by conversion.

Beydoun is a close ally and donor to far-left Governor Gretchen Whitmer who was appointed by the governor to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation executive committee.

She is an Arab American Muslim who has been profiled by Muslims for American Progress and has spoken about growing up attending mosque and being a proud Muslim.
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Beydoun secured the grant in 2022 for Global Link International, a nonprofit she controlled that was meant to attract businesses to Oakland County as a global accelerator.

Prosecutors allege she paid herself a $550,000 annual salary, bought a $4,500 coffee maker, an $11,000 first-class plane ticket, and more than $6,000 in Tunisian rugs, while submitting forged invoices and false reports.

No businesses relocated through the program.
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Nessel said Beydoun used political connections for what she called a “glass slipper grant” and lied repeatedly about expenses.

More than six million dollars in remaining funds have been frozen and Beydoun’s attorney called the allegations unsupported. The investigation continues with a preliminary exam set for early 2027.
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