Defendant sentenced after embezzling over $130,000 from elderly woman
HOUGHTON COUNTY — Defendant Jason Heikkinen was sentenced in the 12th Circuit Court in Houghton for his charge of Embezzlement- Person in a Relationship of Trust with a Vulnerable Adult. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Calumet Post began this investigation in 2023. 47-year-old Jason Heikkinen from Dollar Bay, Michigan had been a car salesman at a Houghton area car dealership. He developed a relationship with an elderly woman over the years while selling her cars. After the woman was placed in a nursing home, her bills were being managed by a financial institution, which eventually ...