Darius Nance, 33, of Redford, was arraigned in the 48th District Court in Bloomfield Hills on charges of embezzling funds from a vulnerable adult, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said.

Nance is charged with embezzlement from a vulnerable adult (his grandfather) – $1,000 or more but less than $20,000, which carries a possible sentence of up to five years in prison and/or a fine of $10,000 or three times the value of the embezzled funds, whichever is greater.

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The charges stem from an investigation by the attorney general’s office, which revealed that after Nance’s grandfather was admitted to the SKLD Bloomfield Hills nursing home in October 2022, Nance was appointed his guardian by the Oakland County probate court on February 22, 2023. Nance allegedly failed to make payments to the nursing home for his grandfather’s care after gaining guardianship of him and instead diverted money from his grandfather’s account to his own businesses.

“Court-appointed guardians have a critical duty to protect our most vulnerable citizens,” said Attorney General Nessel. “We will continue to hold accountable those who abuse their guardianship role for personal gain.”

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Nance is due back in court on September 3 for a probable cause hearing. The preliminary hearing is scheduled for September 9.

The case is being handled by the Attorney General’s Care Fraud Division (HCFD), Michigan’s federally certified Medicaid Fraud Unit. The division receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, totaling $5,541,992 for fiscal year 2024, with the remaining 25 percent — $1,847,326 — funded by the state of Michigan.

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