MARYLAND NEWS

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

Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

Using the information the victim brought to the barrack, a trooper tracked the package and contacted the FedEx Law Enforcement Liaison in California. The package containing the $12,000 was located and pulled from delivery. Source: WMAR-2 Baltimore

The Distributors’ settlement will resolve allegations that McKesson, AmeriSourceBergen, and Cardinal Health failed foryears to monitor and report suspicious orders of opioid products, which resulted in diversion of those drugs on a massive scale. The Johnson & Johnson settlement will resolve claims that the company deceptively marketed its fentanyl products to healthcare providers and patients. Source: Maryland Attorney General