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According to the guilty plea, between January 2020 and November 2023, the 41-year old Ellicott City woman defrauded a real estate agency that she worked for by transferring more than $1 million of company funds through wire transfers, Zelle payments, checks, and ACH to her personal bank accounts. Tinker fraudulently embezzled funds from the real estate agency’s accounts – including its escrow, operating, and commission accounts. The defendant used the funds that she stole from her employer to pay for luxury goods and personal expenditures such as vacations, Taylor Swift tickets, and five different vehicles. Source: Baltimore Sun via msn.com and US Attorney District of Maryland

The county’s secret $83,675 payment to a retired county firefighter, who happened to be the older brother of one of then Baltimore County Executive’s high school buddies. The payment during the tenure of County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. was found to be “proper,” according to a news release from Baltimore County Inspector General.

Source:  Baltimore Brew and Baltimore County OIG

His lawyer says he will appeal state architect board's ruling. Source https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/

The US Attorney for the District of North Dakota announced Dec. 17 that  a  U.S. District Court Judge sentenced a 42-year-old man from Bowie, Maryland, to serve 25 months in federal prison, 3 years of supervised release, and payment of $180,000.00 in restitution. This followed the Bowie man's guilty plea to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud for participating in a romance fraud scheme that targeted elderly women.

Also, the judge sentenced a 56-year-old co-defendant from Glendale, Maryland, to time served imprisonment, which amounted to approximately 10 months’ imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and payment of $50,000.00 in restitution after he pleaded guilty to Aiding and Abetting Mail Fraud for participating in a romance fraud scheme that targeted elderly women. Source: US Attorney, District of North Dakota

'They Ruined me': Fired Baltimore health commissioner speaks out. Source: https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/ and

Judith's daughter speaks candidly on the scam's ongoing financial and psychological domino effect on family and friends as they support Judith through recovery. Source: Washington Post

The Maryland Attorney General and Secretary of State announced a settlement with The Johns Hopkins House, Inc., a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and its founder, Robert S. Brown, for alleged violations of the Maryland Solicitations Act. The settlement requires Mr. Brown to permanently shut down the organization and cease all charitable soliciting in the State of Maryland. Source: WJZ, cbsnews.com and Maryland Attorney General.

Source: MarylandReporter.com

Source:WJZ-CBS News and Baltimore IG discusses fictitious names in recent OIG report about Safe Streets at WBFF Baltimore

The felony theft charge relates to the council member embezzling $23,496.83 from the union for which he served as president. The council member pleaded nolo contendere before a Baltimore County Circuit Court judge and received a sentence of probation before judgment and one year of unsupervised probation.Source: WBAL TV via msn.com