Hamtramck councilman pleads guilty to reduced charge in election fraud case

A Hamtramck City Council member has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in his alleged election fraud case, which the prosecutor said was the only way to end it with a conviction on his record.

Muhtasin Sadman pleaded guilty last week to a reduced charge of disorderly person loitering about an illegal business, according to Hamtramck District Court records. He originally had been charged with making a false statement in an application for an absentee ballot, a misdemeanor, but Monroe County Prosecutor Jeff Yorkey said this plea was the only way to get a conviction.

"The gist of the fact pattern he gave was that he was with other individuals who were engaging in election fraud, specifically ballot harvesting for the 2023 Hamtramck City Council general election," Yorkey said. "He claims he did not participate in the ballot harvesting."

Yorkey said his office had witness issues with the case — the four felony charges against him were dismissed in October after two witnesses did not appear to testify in court — and this plea was a way to get Sadman to admit to something.




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