Charged with scheming and conspiring to defraud a bank are 31-year-old Michael Vorce of Grand Rapids and 29-year-old James Jett of Byron Center.

Two Michigan men face federal charges in an alleged fraud scheme using stolen personal information to obtain bank loans for purported purchases of yachts. Court documents filed Thursday say the two tried to steal financial information of a Milwaukee lawyer in the attempt to buy a yacht worth about $550,000. Charged with scheming and conspiring to defraud a bank are 31-year-old Michael Vorce of Grand Rapids and 29-year-old James Jett of Byron Center. Authorities say the alleged scheme involved use of the personal information to get expensive loans for the purchases, even though in some cases the yachts were fictitious. The FBI issued a news release saying the investigation is continuing into the multistate scheme said to involve at least $2.6 million and at least four financial institutions.

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