MARYLAND NEWS

Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

Defendant Alleged to Have Arranged Approximately 60 Fraudulent. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

Defendant Allegedly Misused Department of Veterans Affairs Funds intended for Vehicle Adaptation to Purchase Luxury BMW 645ci Luxury Sports Coupe. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

What’s murky: why the Scott administration is rushing to hold a questionable closed-door review of Baltimore’s corruption watchdog. [OP-ED]. Source: Baltimore Brew

The auditor, Shad White, said in the statement that his office previously had determined that John Davis, the former executive director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, authorized payments of more than $77 million in federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families funds to two nonprofits that either misspent or improperly disbursed portions of that money. An independent accounting firm in Maryland then completed a second audit to determine who received the money from the nonprofits Source: Washington Post and Mississippi State Auditor News Release of Oct. 12, 2021, and Mississippi Department of Human Resources Report, Sept. 29, 2021,

Allegedly Fraudulently Obtained a Year’s Salary as a Severance Payment, Used MES Funds to Pay a Personal Pledge to a Museum, Caused MES to Pay Tuition Expenses for a Class Taken After He Left, and Recorded Private Conversations with State Officials. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

According to the affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint, on May 1, 2020 Bearden electronically signed falsified documents attesting to inaccurate statements in order for his company, B&D Consulting, to receive $734,609.00 through the PPP for use in paying business costs consisting primarily of employee salaries. At that time, the company had no employees, nor reported paying any earnings and wages for any employee to the Maryland Department of Labor and Licensing (DLLR) in 2020. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

Law Enforcement Seizes an Additional $1.5 Million in Alleged Fraudulent Funds. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

Between 2013 and 2018 Jamie Harrington Also Knowingly Hired Approximately 89 Undocumented Foreign Workers to Work at Harrington-Controlled Companies. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland