The Hamtramck city clerk who reported election fraud in the 2023 City Council election and in whose office unopen ballots for last year’s close mayoral election were found has been fired, city officials confirmed.
Former City Clerk Rana Faraj had been on paid administrative since Nov. 10, according to a lawsuit she filed against the city in early December. Mayor Adam Alharbi said Faraj’s employment had been “on hold for legal reasons because of her lawsuit,” and that insurance attorneys recently told city officials they could proceed with dismissing her.
The move comes about four months after Faraj was placed on leave when uncounted ballots that could have swayed the 2025 mayoral election were found in her office. Faraj and city officials have not explained how uncounted ballots wound up in the Clerk’s Office.
She was fired “due to misconduct, bad behavior, election interference, and…
This category refers to crimes committed by employees or insiders against their own organizations. It is often the most damaging because the perpetrator has authorized access to systems.
- Asset Misappropriation: The most common form, involving the theft of company resources. This ranges from simple “skimming” (taking cash before it’s recorded) to complex schemes involving the theft of inventory or intellectual property.
- Payroll Fraud: Employees may create “ghost employees” on the system, falsify their own timesheets to claim unworked overtime, or divert salary payments to their own accounts.
- Financial Statement Fraud: Management deliberately misrepresents the company’s financial health by inflating revenue or hiding liabilities to attract investors or meet performance bonuses.