MARYLAND NEWS

Maryland’s Inspector General for Education has found that $24 million in tax dollars was misallocated and sent to educate about 3,000 students statewide who not in school. Source: MarylandReporter.com

Criminal Charges Brought Against 18 Defendants, Including Owners and Executives of Medical Businesses, Physicians, Marketers, and Manufacturers of Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards with Losses Exceeding $149 Million. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating whether Maryland illegally underpaid state employees at multiple state institutions run by two separate state agencies. Source: Baltimore Sun

  A New York couple has been sentenced to prison for their roles in a long-running scheme that involved extortion and money laundering Tuesday. The scheme also involved the couple's son who pretended to be a New York mobster to get a Maryland man to embezzle more than $2 million from his D.C. employer. Source: WUSA-TV via MSN

 

"And yet countless cases of sleaze, greed and desperation continue to come through the courts — in Maryland, just about every day — suggesting that certain people have not adjusted to the higher risk of getting caught and going to prison." Source Baltimore Sun

Florida ranks as the No. 1 state for financial fraud perpetrated on consumers, according to a study from Feedzai, a financial risk management firm… After Florida, the riskiest states are New York, Maryland and Nevada, the study said. Source: The Street.com

Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

The Office of the Attorney General, Securities Division, offers tips for investors. Source: Maryland Attorney General

Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

The Defendants Allegedly Led Fraudulent Debt Elimination Classes Meant to Financially Defraud Victims and Obtain Their Personal Identifying Information. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland