MSP assembling case against ex-attorney White

By Rosemary K. Otzman
Independent Editor
Michigan State Police Det./Sgt. Marc Moore said on Monday afternoon that he is working on the criminal case against former Belleville attorney Thomas A. White, but progress has been slow.
He said there are a lot of victims and a lot of money involved.
Det./Sgt. Moore said the original case he was investigating was ready to go, but he needs direction from the Wayne County Prosecutors’s office on whether it wants all the cases against White filed together or by the individual victims.
“It’s kind of frustrating,” Moore said of waiting for the Prosecutor’s office to assign this case to a prosecutor and get back with him. They haven’t called back.
He said he has enlisted the help of the MSP Second District Headquarters in Detroit to get through to the Prosecutor’s office, so he can proceed.
He said although he has lots of victims who have contacted him, victims keep calling with the newest one calling a few hours earlier on Monday.
Meanwhile, Royal Oak attorney Steven Z. Cohen is leading a group of attorneys who are signing up victims for a general adversary proceeding against White.
White, who had practiced law in Belleville for 20 years, was disbarred on July 15 and immediately filed bankruptcy.