Overview
- The attorney general filed a 16-count felony complaint Wednesday accusing Fay Beydoun of stealing and misusing state money awarded to her nonprofit, Global Link International.
- The charges include conducting a criminal enterprise, forgery, seven counts of uttering and publishing, one larceny by conversion over $20,000, and six larcenies by conversion between $1,000 and $20,000.
- Prosecutors say she forged records and billed personal costs to the grant, including handmade Tunisian rugs, catered dinners tied to then‑Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, furniture and patio supplies, while drawing a $550,000 salary, and investigators say no business relocated to Michigan through Global Link.
- The grant was created in 2022’s state budget and run by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, where Beydoun served on the executive committee, and scrutiny led MEDC to terminate it on March 18, 2025 and the AG to freeze more than $6.3 million that September.
- Her lawyer calls the case a public spectacle unsupported by the evidence and says she will fight the charges in court, with the investigation still active and no arraignment date set.