MARYLAND NEWS

Maryland's Health Department now says $6.4 million in Medicaid payments was proper reimbursement for hospitalizations. Source: marylandmatters.org

The former insurance brokers accused of an international healthcare conspiracy argued Friday that CareFirst of Maryland’s racketeering lawsuit against them was filed after the statute of limitations had passed. As such, the company’s $50 million claim should be dismissed, they say. Source: Baltimore Sun via msn.com

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A 51 year-old Windsor Mill man pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court to eight charges arising from different schemes to fraudulently obtain Maryland state public contracts and funds. Through those schemes, he obtained​ $417,451 and attempted to steal another $92,672. 

From 2020 through 2024, he fraudulently obtained cleaning contracts for Maryland Department of Labor facilities, grants from the Port of Baltimore Worker Retention Program, and unemployment insurance benefits. He also attempted to fraudulently obtain a state income tax refund. Source:https://oag.maryland.gov

A federal judge sentenced the prominent lawyer, 56, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, to six years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for tax evasion; assisting with preparing false tax returns; willfully failing to timely pay taxes; and making false statements to mortgage lenders.  Additionally, the judge ordered him to pay $3,103,427 in restitution, and an indeterminate forfeiture amount. The Court also revoked his bond and remanded him into custody. Source: Daily Voice Montgtomery County via msn.com and US Attorney, District of Maryland

Maryland is now the fourth state in the country to successfully adopt these modern security protocols designed to better protect EBT customers and reduce fraud. Amid a national rise in "skimming" and other sophisticated theft tactics, chip-enabled cards provide an additional security layer, preventing unauthorized parties from compromising customer data. Source: WBAL.com and Office of the Maryland Governor

Source: thebaynet.com and US Attorney, District of Maryland

The settlement resolves allegations that Block misled consumers about the security of Cash App, failed to protect users from fraud on the platform, and didn’t provide the fraud protection and resolution process that it promised and that was required by law. Source: Maryland Attorney General

A 72-year-old woman met a man on a dating website, moved into his home months later and then steadily scammed him out of $400,000, according to prosecutors in Montgomery County, Maryland. Source:wtop.com

A Towson attorney was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for orchestrating a real-estate bank fraud scheme. Source: US Attorney District of Maryland