LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Michigan Economic Development Corp. (MEDC) CEO Quentin Messer Jr. is in Japan and Singapore with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, but that does not mean he’ll escape a potential criminal investigation.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a court filing this week that Messer Jr. is a “potential target” of a criminal investigation into a $20 million grant administered by the MEDC.

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The investigation stems from Gov. Whitmer strongarming the Legislature in 2022 to give the grant to friend and Democratic donor Faye Beydoun. She used the money for a $500,000 yearly paycheck to run her nonprofit and purchase a $4,500 coffee maker, among other things. Beydoun also served on the MEDC board.

In June, Nessel’s office raided the MEDC headquarters in Lansing as well as Beydoun’s metro Detroit-area home.

In addition, the filing stated it was “investigating possible wrongdoing by officials within the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) in the use of state grants for specific projects, seeking to determine whether some of these funds were diverted for personal purchases.”

Whitmer has not commented on these allegations or her alleged role in the possible money laundering.