The Michigan attorney general’s office announced criminal charges Thursday against five non-citizens who allegedly voted in the state’s November 2024 general election, with one U.S. citizen also accused of registering their non-citizen spouse to vote.

According to a press release, the Michigan Department of State referred 16 cases of suspected non-citizen voting from 2024 through early 2025, and an additional 22 cases were flagged in 2026 for alleged non-citizen voting or related conduct spanning 2009 to 2025. Of these referrals, six resulted in criminal charges, ten were closed without charges, and 22 remain under review.

The individuals charged are:
– Michael Akioya, 39, of Oak Park: Charged with one count each of false statement on an absent voter ballot application and false statement on an absentee vote ballot return envelope (misdemeanors). He is a lawful permanent resident but not a U.S. citizen.
– Kimberley DiDonato, 60, of Rose Township: Charged with election forgery and using a computer to commit a crime (felonies). Prosecutors allege she falsely claimed her husband was a U.S. citizen and registered him online, claiming intent to test registration system vulnerabilities. She is an American citizen married to a lawful permanent resident.
– Alondra Harker, 26, of Three Rivers: Charged with election law fraud involving fraudulent registration when not a resident and qualified (misdemeanor). She is a limited-term resident and not a U.S. citizen.
– Harumi Michael, 60, of Wolverine Lake: Charged with two counts of election law forgery, one count of unqualified elector attempting to vote, and one count of voter registration false statement (three felonies and one misdemeanor). She is a lawful permanent resident but not a U.S. citizen.
– Robert Piva, 67, of Roseville: Charged with election law perjury, unqualified elector attempting to vote, and fraudulent registration (two felonies and one misdemeanor). He claims his vote was an experiment on voter fraud systems.

Additionally, Basanth Sadasivian, 29, living in the United Kingdom, was charged with attempting to vote as an unqualified elector (a felony) after registering via the Federal Post Card Application system and voting in November 2024.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel stated: “In my office, we’ve always taken election crimes seriously and prosecute attacks on our voting systems to the fullest extent of the law.” She emphasized that these charges reflect the severity of allegations, the sanctity of democracy, and consequences of illegal voting—whether intended as tests of security or unlawful participation.

Investigations by the Michigan Department of Attorney General determined two voters subject to referrals were American citizens. In several cases, the department was unable to verify the voters’ registration methods. Voter registrations for all identified non-citizen voters have been canceled.