Michigan Man Indicted for $1M Northampton Construction Company Heist

BOSTON – A 39-year-old Michigan man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Springfield, Mass. in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud a Northampton construction company of nearly $1 million.

Jonathan McCormack, of Lapeer, Mich., was indicted on 17 counts of wire fraud and 12 counts of engaging in monetary transactions in criminally derived property of a value greater than $10,000.

According to the indictment, McCormack was employed as a project supervisor for BluRoc, LLC., a construction company based in Northampton, Mass. McCormack also owned and operated JDM Site Services, LLC (JDM), a Michigan-based company that rented heavy equipment to BluRoc.

It is alleged that between January 2019 and January 2021, McCormack devised a scheme to defraud BluRoc by submitting materially false JDM invoices for purported equipment usage and by diverting BluRoc labor, equipment and materials for his own personal use and benefit.

To further this scheme, McCormack allegedly entered fraudulent employee time and JDM equipment usage data in BluRoc’s tracking system that overstated both the number of hours the employees, including himself, were working on BluRoc projects as well as the number of hours JDM equipment was actually used.

In total, McCormack allegedly defrauded BluRoc out of nearly $1 million, which he used to purchase a luxury hunting lodge, make improvements to his personal residence, purchase recreational vehicles, and repay a loan to his uncle.

The indictment seeks forfeiture of $920,716, the hunting lodge and six Polaris recreational vehicles.

The charge of wire fraud provides for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. The charge of engaging in monetary transactions in criminally derived property of a value greater than $10,000 provides for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000.