LANSING, MI – Three mid-Michigan men have admitted to taking part in an identity fraud scheme that stole more than $500,000 from the state.

Averill Dintaman, 46, and Daniel Nolan, 51, both of Mount Pleasant, and Dwayne Johnson, 59, of St. Louis, each worked together to steal the identify of a victim and forge a fraudulent durable power of attorney to obtain an unclaimed property check in the victim’s name for $579,551.99.

Johnson posed as the victim in person at the Department of Treasury’s Unclaimed Property Office to obtain a copy of the check, according to a news release from the Michigan Attorney General’s office.

The defendants were originally charged in May 2025, according to the release.

“This was a deliberate attempt to steal more than half a million dollars from the State of M

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