A Michigan man is facing a hefty rap sheet after being smacked with a 29-count indictment for allegedly scamming a Massachusetts construction company out of close to $1 million. Jonathan McCormack, the 39-year-old from Lapeer, could face decades in prison if convicted.
According to the charges unveiled by a federal grand jury in Springfield, Massachusetts, McCormack, who worked as a project supervisor at BluRoc, LLC., masterminded a fraud scheme from 2019 to 2021 using his own company to bilk his employer. He's accused of sending fake bills and inflating costs to fund a lavish lifestyle that included luxury digs and a fleet of high-end snowmobiles, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The indictment alleges McCormack to have created phony employee and equipment usage records in the company's tracking system, which allowed him to divert their resources to not only enrich himself but also to ostensibly improve his own property. This neatly orchestrated ruse enabled McCormack to allegedly direct company workers to upgrade a luxury hunting lodge that he owned, on BluRoc's dime.
Federal authorities estimate the damage at $920,716 and are seeking to claw back those funds along with the seizure of McCormack's hunting lodge and the six Polaris recreational vehicles he reportedly snapped up. For wire fraud, he could get hit with 20 years in the big house, while the charges for engaging in monetary transactions with criminal proceeds could tack on another decade, as per federal officials.
The case, which reads like an episode of 'American Greed,' is now in the hands of Assistant U.S. Attorneys Neil Desroches and Steven H. Breslow, who represent the arm of law and order in Springfield's legal battles. McCormack's future, now awaits the judgement of the court, and he remains innocent until proven otherwise under the law. There's no mention yet of when he'll make his first appearance in front of a judge.
