The Hoover Drugs Pharmacy on Hoover Road south of 12 Mile Road has been shut down by the state for nearly five months due to an investigation into the owner's wife's business.google photos
The owner of Warren Pharmacy plans to file a federal lawsuit against the state after his assets were seized and the state attorney accused him of fraud.
Hoover Drugs pharmacy owner Prakash Gera, 61, and his wife Rama, also known as “Rachel,” were seized by the state attorney general's office in May 2023 due to an extortion investigation against Rama Gera. , I got all my money back last fall. Physical therapy surgery. The assets seized amounted to about $700,000 in cash and about $2 million in real estate, according to attorney Steve Haney.
The seizure forced the pharmacy business to close for at least five months.
Haney told the Macomb Daily on Monday that Guerra plans to file a federal lawsuit against the state seeking compensation for actual losses and emotional distress. Mr Haney told the court hearing that the asset freeze had prevented his client from burying his late mother.
The suspect, Rama Guerra, 43, has not been charged. A spokeswoman for the attorney general's office said an investigation into Mrs. Guerra's businesses is ongoing.
These assets were acquired with the approval of Chief of Detectives Daniel Hagaman-Clark after Haney filed a criminal contempt of court complaint against Assistant Attorney General Keisha Glenn and Special Agent in Charge Howard Schock, who head the Auto Insurance Fraud Unit. Published by the state attorney general's office. September.
The contempt charge comes after Glenn agreed to release assets that had been frozen in Macomb County Circuit Court in Mount Clemens last September, and an hour later, Glenn told Shock that Warren, as Haney said, It revolves around an “unconscious judge” in the district court who was instructed to go. He recovers his assets through a separate procedure, a search warrant. Glenn added that the seizure of Glenn's Tesla car.
The assets were made public last October under an order from 37th District Court Judge Suanne Faunce.
Glenn testified at a March 22 contempt of court hearing that the search warrant's “probable cause” standard gives her the right to seize the property again without notice. She agreed to the circuit court's dismissal because her assets had previously been frozen under another state law and she believed a search warrant was a more appropriate method.
Judge James Biernat Jr., who presided over the contempt hearing, indicated he would issue an opinion on the matter.
Mr. Glenn and Mr. Schock were removed from the case last fall. They remain employed by the Attorney General's Office.
The basis for the seizure was related to an investigation into insurance fraud, conspiracy, solicitation of passengers injured in an accident, criminal activity using computers, and conducting a criminal enterprise.
The cash assets were held in more than a dozen accounts at Huntington Bank and Bank of America, according to court records.
In addition to Hoover Drugs, the companies whose assets were seized include Hoover Physical Therapy, Attentive Home Care Services and Medical Director Transportation, according to records. All four entities are located at his two adjoining addresses on Hoover Road near 12 Mile Road.
