MARYLAND NEWS

A filing in federal court in Maryland on Wednesday offered new details about how Tom Girardi's chief financial officer conducted what prosecutors have called a "side fraud" inside the massive corruption at the legal titan's Los Angeles-based firm. Source: Los Angeles Times

Here & Now's Scott Tong talks with financial fraud historian Amy Froide who is a professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Source: WBUR for the audio

Violations by the Governor’s Office on Service and Volunteerism included improperly filled out timesheets and Orioles and State Fair tickets they gave to ineligible individuals or took for themselves. The Governor’s Office on Community Initiatives (GOCI), has agreed to pay the federal government $639,916 to resolve a civil False Claims Act investigation relating to the operation of its AmeriCorps program. Source: Baltimore Brew

Two Dubai entities and several individuals were charged in an indictment unsealed in the District of Maryland recently for their roles in a multimillion-dollar scheme to export non-organic grain into the United States to be sold as certified organic.  Source: National Law Review

Source: Baltimore Sun

To Recruit Investors, the Defendant Falsely Promised Investor Victims that Investing with 1st Million Would Help Them Achieve Personal Wealth and Financial Freedom. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

The leader of the country's chief pandemic oversight body tells Congress " I can tell you the fraud numbers, and the investigative work is growing." He acknowledged  it had been "frustrating, frankly," that lawmakers had not provided the funds. Source; Washington Post

Members of the group, part of the extremist “soverign citizen” movement, believe they are immune from dealing with U.S. legal system...Charles County, MD,, deemed the site an unlawful firing range. Source: WashingtonPost and MSN.com

In a December 2019 report, the Maryland Office of Legislative Audits (OLA) recommended the board overseeing Maryland 529 order a forensic audit after finding that the state agency suffered from weak oversight, poor record-keeping practices and high staff turnover...OLA also found the fund was too liberal with how it calculated interest rate payments…. The Maryland 529 agency froze interest payments in April 2022. Source: Baltimore Sun

The complaint, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Court, accuses the prestigious private university of promoting its online education programs, run by 2U, with rankings data that applied only to its in-person courses… A USC spokesperson said the university was still reviewing the lawsuit. On Wednesday, a spokesperson for Maryland-based 2U said the company “categorically denies the baseless and frivolous allegations” and will defend itself against these "unfounded claims.” Source: Washington Post and msn.com