Able Demolition under investigation…

FBI serves subpoena on Warren for grand jury

Federal officials have ordered the city of Warren to provide additional documents as part of a grand jury investigation of a city administrator and government contracts.

For the second time in seven weeks, officials recently demanded information about Deputy Public Service Director Gus Ghanam. According to documents obtained by The Macomb Daily under the Freedom of Information Act, the FBI served a subpoena, dated Sept. 25, for the city to provide documents including bids, purchases, invoices, receipts, memos, emails and other records regarding Able Demolition.

The subpoena does not explain why federal investigators are interested in Able Demolition’s activities in Warren. The city hired the company, of Shelby Township, for three razing projects: the Olympic-size city swimming pool in 2009; a commercial strip on Van Dyke, south of Nine Mile Road; and the Warren Co-op historic barn.

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