MARYLAND NEWS

  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

The Office of the Secretary of State registers and regulates charitable organizations that solicit contributions in Maryland. Visit the Secretary of State’s website for tips on how to safely donate to charities.Source: Maryland Secretary of State

The breach impacted more than 53 million individuals, including over 1 million Maryland residents. Among other categories of impacted information, millions had their names, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, and driver’s license information compromised. Recently, a large subset of the information  compromised in the breach was for sale on the dark Web. Source: Maryland Attorney Generall

Up to $1.675 Billion in Additional Payments Secured After Dissenting States’ Challenge to $4.325 Billion Bankruptcy Plan; Sacklers to be Banned from Opioid Business...

Maryland will receive at least $39.6 million from the settlement, which will be in addition to the amount previously negotiated. The total amount Maryland expects to receive from Purdue and the Sacklers overall– an estimated $121.9 to $132.2 million – will be used for opioid treatment...Working with other states, Maryland commenced an investigation of Purdue and the Sackler family members in 2016 for their role in deceptively and unfairly marketing OxyContin and other opioids in violation of Maryland’s Consumer Protection Act. Source: Maryland Attorney General