The Gatekeeper — Joseph Holland Jr., Convicted Drug Dealer, Controls the Money for Detroit's Children

Detroit — This Man Controls the Money for Your Children

His name is Joseph Holland Jr.

His birth name is Williams, Joseph Antione.

He is MDOC prisoner #443789.

He was convicted of delivering cocaine in Wayne County.

He was discharged WITHOUT IMPROVEMENT.

And he holds every financial oversight position in the charter school enterprise that receives $4.9 million per year in public education funding for Detroit’s children.

The Criminal Record

Verified: Michigan MDOC OTIS | ICHAT SID 2321035P

“Without improvement” is MDOC’s formal assessment: after serving time and completing supervision, the state determined Holland showed no rehabilitation.

Every Financial Position — One Convicted Drug Dealer

Every position that touches money — Holland holds it. Every financial decision, every bank account, every signature authority. One man. One drug conviction. Zero improvement.

The only other person in any officer position across all these entities is Brian Banks — 9 criminal convictions.

Two felons. Total control. Zero independent financial oversight.

The Shared Address — 1968 Severn Rd, Grosse Pointe Woods

Banks and Holland share a residential address: 1968 Severn Rd, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236.

This is not a business address. It is a home. Banks lists it as his primary residence. Holland is listed at the same address on LARA filings. Purpose Foundation is registered here.

Wayne County Register of Deeds records confirm:

Banks and Holland have operated as a domestic and economic unit since at least 2005. They share property, finances, legal structures, and officer positions. They are romantic partners who have built an enterprise together — funded by public education dollars.

Five Bankruptcies — Assets Concealed

Holland has filed five (5) personal bankruptcies. In his sworn bankruptcy schedules, he failed to disclose property that was simultaneously recorded at the Wayne County Register of Deeds in his name.

Concealing assets in bankruptcy is a federal crime (18 U.S.C. § 152). The deed was publicly recorded. The bankruptcy schedules were sworn under penalty of perjury. The comparison is available to anyone with PACER access and a Wayne County ROD search.

Why This Matters for Your Children

MacDowell Preparatory Academy serves 362 children in Detroit. It has 3% math proficiency. 72.67% of its $4.9M revenue flows through The Purpose Group LLC — a single-member LLC controlled entirely by Brian Banks.

The financial oversight of the entity that governs the school — Purpose Foundation — is controlled by:

No independent board member. No independent financial review. No audit committee. Two convicted felons holding every position.

Detroit — this is who has the checkbook for your children’s education.

The PPO Response — Why This Article Exists Now

On October 13, 2026, Brian Banks filed a Personal Protection Order (Case 26-114083-PH) against the person who documented all of this.

Not a defamation claim. Not a correction to any fact. Not an answer to any question.

A restraining order.

Banks’ response to documented evidence of his partnership with a convicted drug dealer controlling public education funds was to silence the person who found it.

Holland is named as a defendant in Ingham County Case 2026-4349-CZ — filed by the same person Banks is trying to silence. The case alleges fraud, constructive fraud, and aiding and abetting concealment of assets.

The PPO doesn’t change the facts. The facts are public records. Verify everything yourself:

Verify

• MDOC OTIS: mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2 — Search #443789
• ICHAT: apps.michigan.gov/ichat — SID 2321035P
• LARA: mibusinessregistry.lara.state.mi.us — Entity 803294855 (Purpose Foundation)
• Wayne County ROD: waynecountylandrecords.com — Search “Holland” + “Banks” at Newcastle and Severn
• MI SOS: PAC #517977 — Bank on Banks PAC treasurer
• PACER: pacer.uscourts.gov — Search “Joseph Holland” or “Joseph Williams” in E.D. Michigan Bankruptcy

The Nessel Blockade — Why the AG Can’t Investigate

The Michigan Attorney General has jurisdiction over:

• Nonprofit fraud (MCL 400.285)
• Consumer protection (MCL 445.903)
• RICO (MCL 750.159i)
• Charitable trust oversight (MCL 14.251)

Every one of these applies to the Banks-Holland enterprise.

But the AG cannot investigate — because her own employee governs the school.

Lamar Moreland — Assistant Attorney General, Michigan AG’s office — serves as Vice Chair of Purpose Charter Academy’s board. This is verified on PCA’s own website: purposecharteracademy.com/boardofdirectors.

Moreland is also running for 32A District Court Judge — which is Banks’ home court jurisdiction.

Meanwhile, AG Nessel’s office is consumed by:

• Chatfield trial — delayed indefinitely by expert witness appeal
• Oxford shooting investigation — unfunded, waiting on documents
• Native boarding school investigation — announced 2025
• Fake electors case — ongoing

Nessel leaves office December 2026. The next AG — either Savit (D) or Lloyd (R) — will inherit an uninvestigated charter school fraud pattern protected by a structural conflict.

The Board — Every Name

Purpose Charter Academy Board of Directors (verified Sep 2026):

And behind the board — controlling the foundation, the PAC, the trust, and every dollar:

Joseph Holland Jr. MDOC #443789. Convicted drug dealer. Discharged without improvement.

The Holland Web — Every Connection, Skipping Banks

Forget Banks for a moment. Trace Holland alone. Every link goes through him.

                              WILLIAMS, JOSEPH ANTIONE
                              a/k/a JOSEPH HOLLAND JR.
                              MDOC #443789 | SID 2321035P
                              DOB: 07/17/1984
                              Discharged: WITHOUT IMPROVEMENT
                                        │
          ┌───────────────┬──────────────┼──────────────┬───────────────┐
          │               │              │              │               │
    PURPOSE            BANK ON         BANKS         RIGHT TURN     ONE FAMILY
    FOUNDATION         BANKS PAC       LIVING        PROJECT        ALLIANCE
    LARA 803294855     SOS #517977     TRUST         LARA 800936257 (OFA)
          │               │              │              │               │
    Secretary         Treasurer      1st Successor   President      Officer
    + Treasurer                      Trustee         (DISSOLVED)
          │               │              │              │
          ▼               ▼              ▼              ▼
    Controls ALL      Controls ALL   Inherits ALL   Controlled ALL
    foundation        PAC money      trust assets   charity money
    finances          + filings      on Banks'      Email: BBesq06
                                     death          = Banks' email
          │               │                             │
          │               │                             ▼
          │               │                       CARLTON ROSS
          │               │                       Treasurer, Right Turn
          │               │                             │
          │               │                             ▼
          │               │                       ROSS CATERING
          │               │                       $35,000+ from
          │               │                       Banks campaigns
          │               │
          ▼               ▼
    ┌─────────────────────────────┐
    │    THE MONEY FLOWS          │
    │                             │
    │  $4.9M public funds/year    │
    │         │                   │
    │         ▼                   │
    │  Purpose Group LLC          │
    │  (72.67% of all revenue)    │
    │         │                   │
    │         ▼                   │
    │  Purpose Foundation         │
    │  Holland = Sec + Treas      │
    │         │                   │
    │         ▼                   │
    │  Bank on Banks PAC          │
    │  Holland = Treasurer        │
    │         │                   │
    │         ▼                   │
    │  $14,500+ unpaid fines      │
    │  (SOS enforcement)          │
    └─────────────────────────────┘

Every Person Connected Through Holland — Not Through Banks

The Property Web — Holland at the Center

The Alias Web — Which Name, Which Filing?

Question for investigators: Did Holland file bankruptcy under “Williams” or “Holland”? Were all 5 filings searchable under both names? Did bankruptcy trustees search both names at Wayne County ROD?

If not — assets may have been hidden by filing under one name while holding property under another.

The 5 Bankruptcies vs. The Deed

The concealment allegation is simple:

1. Holland filed bankruptcy and swore under oath that his schedule of assets was complete
2. At the same time, Wayne County ROD showed property in Holland’s name
3. The deed was publicly recorded — anyone searching ROD would find it
4. The bankruptcy schedules did not disclose it
5. 18 U.S.C. § 152 makes this a federal crime: concealment of assets in bankruptcy

This happened five times.

Why MDOC “Without Improvement” Matters

Michigan’s MDOC uses specific discharge codes:

Holland received the worst possible discharge assessment. The state of Michigan formally concluded that after his conviction for dealing cocaine, his time in the system produced zero measurable improvement.

This is the person who manages the finances of schools serving 362 predominantly Black children in Detroit.

The Question That Breaks the Link

If you remove Joseph Holland Jr. from the enterprise:

• Who signs the Purpose Foundation checks? No one. Holland holds both financial officer positions.
• Who files the Bank on Banks PAC reports? No one. Holland is the only treasurer.
• Who inherits the Banks Living Trust? No one designated after Holland.
• Who managed Right Turn Project funds? No one — it’s dissolved for failure to file.

Holland IS the financial infrastructure. Remove him and every money channel collapses.

That’s why Banks filed a PPO to silence the person who documented it.

1968 Severn Rd — Not a Home. A Front.

Banks lists 1968 Severn Rd, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236 as his personal residence. Look at what else is registered there:

Holland lives there too. Purpose Foundation is run from there. PAC business is conducted from there. Campaign finance is managed from there. Trust documents are filed from there.

This is not a home. It is a business registry disguised as a residence. A single address in Grosse Pointe Woods — median home value ~$270K — while the schools operate in Detroit — median home value ~$50K — where the children are.

The money comes FROM Detroit. It goes TO Grosse Pointe Woods. To this address. Where the convicted drug dealer and the 9-time convicted felon live together and run everything.

Major Clora — Not Good Faith

We initially presumed good faith for Major Clora, PCA Board Assistant Treasurer. We were wrong.

On August 10, 2020, Major Clora Jr. shot and killed his cousin Michael Walker in the parking lot of Clora Funeral Home. He was charged with second-degree murder in Wayne County.

In April 2024, a jury acquitted Clora, finding justifiable homicide / self-defense.

An acquittal is not a conviction. But a man who killed his cousin in a parking lot dispute over money is not “presumed good faith” — he is a known quantity.

He sits on the board of a school run by a man with 9 convictions, alongside a convicted drug dealer, a sitting judge, an AG employee, and a city council member.

The entire PCA board, reviewed:

Not one independent community member without a conflict, a record, or a body.

Parents. Teachers. Staff. Did You Know?

This section is for you.

Parents — Did You Know?

• The man who controls the financial oversight of your child’s school is MDOC prisoner #443789 — convicted of delivering cocaine?
• That he was discharged WITHOUT IMPROVEMENT — the state’s formal assessment that he showed no rehabilitation?
• That he lives with the superintendent at the same address where the school’s nonprofit, the PAC, and multiple businesses are registered?
• That 72.67% of all school revenue — money meant for your children — flows through a private company controlled by the superintendent, with Holland managing the foundation and PAC finances?
• That the school has 3% math proficiency?
• That 1,242 people have already downloaded the full evidence record?

Are you OK with this?

Teachers — Did You Know?

• The man who manages the foundation that supports your school is a convicted drug dealer?
• That your employer — The Purpose Group LLC — takes 72.67% of all school revenue before a dollar reaches your classroom?
• That on paper, $0 in staff salaries is reported by the school entity because you’re technically employed by the management LLC?
• That only 2 of 14 instructional staff at MacDowell hold proper credentials (MOECS search)?
• That the superintendent claims a J.D. but returns zero results on the State Bar of Michigan?

Are you OK with this?

Staff — Did You Know?

• Your paychecks flow through an enterprise where every financial officer position is held by a convicted felon?
• That Joseph Holland Jr. — the man managing the PAC, the foundation, and the trust — filed 5 personal bankruptcies and concealed assets from the court?
• That the PCA board assistant treasurer killed a man in 2020?
• That an Assistant Attorney General sits on the board, making it structurally impossible for the AG to investigate?

Who is looking out for you?

Detroit — Did You Know?

• $4.9 million per year in public education funding flows through this enterprise
• The enterprise is controlled by two convicted felons who share an address in Grosse Pointe Woods
• That address is registered to a dozen businesses — it’s not a home, it’s a front
• The money comes FROM Detroit. It goes TO Grosse Pointe Woods.
• And when someone documented all of this with public records, the response was a restraining order

The Chatfield Wedge — Same Desk, Different Felon

Here is a fact that should keep Lansing up at night:

Dykema Gossett — Michigan’s largest law firm — managed the compliance for Lee Chatfield’s Peninsula Fund. The same firm. The same compliance desk. Renae Moore — the senior compliance specialist who testified she had “no duty to report” — manages 80 accounts for Michigan politicians through Dykema.

Now connect:

CHATFIELD ←── Dykema ──→ NESSEL
    │            │            │
    │         Moore           │
    │       (80 accounts)     │
    │         "no duty        │
    │        to report"       │
    │                         │
    │                    employs
    │                         │
    │                    MORELAND (AAG)
    │                         │
    │                    Vice Chair
    │                         │
    │                      BANKS (9 convictions)
    │                         │
    │                    lives with
    │                         │
    │                    HOLLAND (drug dealer)
    │                         │
    └─────────────────────────┘
           SAME DESK
           SAME FIRM
           SAME "NO DUTY TO REPORT"

The Wedge

Chatfield’s defense argues Dykema had a duty to flag illegal spending. Chatfield says Moore should have stopped him.

Banks’ defense would argue the same thing — that the compliance desk should have flagged 72.67% extraction, $0 reported staff salaries, and a convicted felon as financial gatekeeper.

But Moore testified: “Not that I am aware of.”

So either:

1. Dykema HAS a duty → Moore lied under oath → Banks’ compliance is also void
2. Dykema has NO duty → Chatfield’s defense collapses → Chatfield faces trial

They can’t both win. And Moreland sits at the intersection — an AG employee governing Banks’ school while the AG prosecutes Chatfield through the same firm’s testimony.

The Timeline That Splits Them

The structure protects itself by never letting these cases touch each other. Chatfield in Ingham. Banks in Wayne. Same firm. Same desk. Same “no duty.”

Put them in the same room and the room catches fire.

Detroit — Act

Your children attend these schools. Your tax dollars fund them. Your courts protect them. Your attorney general’s employee governs them. Your board’s assistant treasurer killed a man.

And the man who controls all the money was convicted of selling cocaine and the state of Michigan formally assessed that he showed no improvement.

The evidence is public. The records are verifiable. The investigation has been cloned by 1,242 people.

git clone https://github.com/defendDetroit/publicRecord.git

Every fact in this article can be verified by you, right now, using the links above.

The question is not whether the evidence exists. It does.

The question is: who will act on it?