Updated: Thursday, 3 p.m. -- The Detroit Free Press reports that Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has asked the Attorney Grievance Commission to investigate former Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway’s “fitness to practice law.”
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway is scheduled to plead guilty Tuesday in federal court in Ann Arbor to bank fraud charges related to questionable real estate transactions.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Detroit filed a court document Tuesday stating that a plea hearing has been set for 10:30 a.m. before U.S. District Judge John Corbett O'Meara.
Hathaway could potentially head off to prison.
Hathaway was charged with creating a fraudulent real estate scam so she could get a short sale on her home and get out of $600,000 she owed the bank.
The maximum penalty for bank fraud is 30 years in prison, but federal sentencing guidelines call for 27 to 33 months for a first offense.
