MARYLAND NEWS

The Final Order requires Cash-N-Go to pay over $2.2 million in restitution to  Maryland consumers and a $1,200,750 penalty to the State of Maryland. Source: Maryland Attorney General

Solicited and received bribes from his students in exchange for favorable final grades in courses he taught. The former professor of Mathematics at Baltimore City Community College had been chairperson of the faculty senate’s Ethics and Institutional Integrity Committee. Source: Maryland Attorney General

He and His Co-conspirators Laundered More Than $6.2 million Taken from Over 200 Victims in the United States and Overseas. Source: U.S. Attorney District of Maryland

The explosive allegations, including double billing, backdated documents and mismanagement by an overpaid, unqualified employee with City Hall connections, were never mentioned yesterday as the Board of Estimates approved the payment. Source Baltimore Brew

According to the IRS, the Maryland man’s co-conspirator represented to the victims that the co-conspirator’s company, could obtain a loan—often millions of dollars—for the victims. The co-conspirator required that each victim provide a good faith deposit ($15,000 to $250,000) to be held in escrow. The Maryland attorney was the escrow agent. Once the victim wired the good faith deposit to the escrow account, most of that money was transferred to the co-conspirator within days. Source: IRS.gov

Source: WJZ-13 CBS Baltimore

According to the Department of Justice, he opened a bank account using a stolen identity,  deposited nonsufficient funds checks into the account, then withdrew the value of the check in cash before the check cleared or transferred the funds into another account, using the money for his personal benefit..To execute the check kiting and credit scheme, he used his position as a Security Supervisor at Company A to open accounts using the stolen identities of individuals who worked for or applied to work for Company A.  Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

Source: Baltimore Sun

Baltimore County officials announced that a Middle River man has been sentenced to 50 months in federal prison after he posed as Secret Service Agent to exploit victims in a credit card fraud and identity theft scheme. Source: 13 WJZ CBS Baltimore

This fight is about whether the IG will remain an effective counterweight to the waste and corruption that plagues Baltimore government [OP-ED] Source: Baltimore Brew