Crime & Safety
Funeral Home Director Charged With Fraud
The former New Baltimore funeral home owner is scheduled to appear in 42-2 District Court for alleged contract fraud out of the New Haven business.
A New Haven funeral home director is scheduled to appear in t Thursday in New Baltimore for alleged contract fraud.
John Norman Olszewski, 57, owner of the Duncan-Olszewski Funeral Home in New Haven, was arraigned Dec. 28 on three counts of funeral contract fraud, according to a Thursday report in The Macomb Daily.
New Haven police told the newspaper Olszewski failed to set up escrow funds for pre-paid funerals and sold pre-paid funeral contracts without a valid license. The state has revoked Olszewski and the funeral home's mortuary science license and ordered him to pay thousands of dollars in restitution, the paper reported.
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New Baltimore city officials said the New Haven funeral director formerly operated the now-defunct Christie-Olszewski Funeral Home on Main and Maria streets. The city became the owner of the building after Christie-Olszewski defaulted on taxes. Since then, a on the property.
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