MARYLAND NEWS

A federal judge handed down prison terms to Maryland twin brothers, today, in connection with tax-evasion crimes. Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced the two brothers, both of Berlin, to six months in prison each, followed by three years of supervised release — with a special condition of 12 months of home detention as part of their supervised-release term — for tax evasion. Judge Chasanow also ordered the March brothers to each pay restitution of nearly $1.8 million. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

. A 52 year old Frederick, Maryland, woman pled guilty to wire fraud today after she embezzled payroll funds from a private, member-owned country club. She worked in the country club’s accounting and human resources departments.

According to her guilty plea, beginning in 2010, and continuing through September 2025, Williams used her position, and abused the trust of her employer, to steal payroll funds from the country club.  She used her access to the payroll system to create a fictitious employee — whose name corresponded with a former employee — made up a fictitious address, and used a deceased individual’s Social Security number to pull off the scam. Source: US Attorney District of Maryland

A Baltimore man is charged with two counts of bribing a federal official. The charges stem from his alkeged attempt to bribe U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers. As detailed in court documents, the man attempted to pay a bribe to ensure a shipment of “mithragyna speciosa,” which is related to kratom, could enter the country. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

The person who served for more than a decade as the treasurer of Friend of Luke Clippinger, is accused of stealing more than $87,000 from the campaign, according to charges filed by the Office of the State Prosecutor Thursday. Del.  Clippinger is the House speaker pro tem. The charges come almost a year after the delegate fired the treasurer, who allegedly cashed a dozen checks over a four-year period. Source: https://marylandmatters.org and  https://osp.maryland.gov/

According to court documents, in April 2025, the man offered counterfeit money as payment for goods at a Catonsville pizza shop, along with a convenience store. As part of the scheme, Monroe provided counterfeit money as payment at the pizza shop, and received $45 in real U.S. currency in change.  Then in January 2026, Monroe attempted a similar scheme at a Glen Burnie retail store in which he expected to receive $36.15 in change. But an employee recognized the counterfeit bills and contacted store police who then apprehended Monroe. In April 2026, investigators executed a search warrant at Monroe’s home and discovered evidence of the production of counterfeit currency. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

A 56-year old Easton man, the sole owner and operator of B&E Motorsports, LLC, in Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, was sentenced to 18 months in jail for a felony theft scheme in which he created falsified sales paperwork to underreport the prices of jet skis, dirt bikes, and trailers, cheating the State of Maryland out of tens of thousands of dollars in excise taxes. Source: Maryland Attorney General

The person in charge of fleet management operations, faces a maximum of 30 years in prison for allegedly fraudulently obtaining PPP bank loans during the Covid pandemic. Source:baltimorebrew.com

A Maryland resident, and two Washington D.C. residents, are facing indictment as part of the DOJ’s first National USDA Benefits and Program Fraud Enforcement Surge. This nationwide series of enforcement actions targeted fraud involving the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and related Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs.

According to the indictment, from January 2021 through at least February 2026, the co-conspirators obtained SNAP benefits in the form of Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, EBT card numbers, and personal identification numbers (PINs) that belonged to SNAP recipients. They obtained the SNAP benefits in exchange for cash and knowingly used them to purchase goods at retail stores.  The co-conspirators used the purchased goods to prepare and sell food through  catering company of one of the alleged conspirators.  Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

A federal jury convicted a laboratory owner for taking advantage of a federal government health insurance program in connection with a laboratory test billing scam during the COVID-19 pandemic. The jury found the 42 year-old Annapolis man guilty of fraudulently billing Medicare more than $18 million for expensive respiratory tests that nursing home residents did not need, physicians did not order, and, in many cases, were never performed. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

A Maryland man is facing indictment as part of a nationwide enforcement action led by the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, Internal Revenue Service, and Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation targeting tax fraud and related offenses. 

Between early September and today, the National Fraud Enforcement Division’s Tax Section, and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices across the country, participated in the Department’s first-ever National Tax Enforcement Surge. The surge of nationwide resources resulted in prosecutorial actions against 76 defendants whose alleged and proven crimes intended an estimated loss of revenue to the federal government of more than $490 million. 

In the District of Maryland, a 66 year-old Glenn Dale man, is charged with willful failure to collect, account, and pay over taxes, and willful failure to file tax returns.  The charges stem from his failing to account for and pay over trust fund taxes owed to the IRS on behalf of his employees. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland