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Last Updated on Friday, 15 February 2008 10:57 Written by rslcpol Friday, 15 February 2008 10:57
DETROIT — The National Foundation of St. Augustine Churches, a Detroit based group of area pastors, say they are up against a corrupt bidding process in their quest to own and operate 28 Michigan cemeteries
It’s been over a year since state authorities seized the 28 cemetery properties from Clayton R. Smart.
An oil speculator from Oklahoma, Smart bought the privately owned cemeteries in 2004 using dubious financing practices and proceeded to liquidate $70 million of the trust assets to fund other ventures including $22 million that was kicked back to the previous owner, lawyer Craig Bush of Farmington Hills.