MARYLAND NEWS

The owner of a Baltimore pharmacy pled guilty to one count of filing false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).  On the fraudulent tax returns, he underreported his income by more than $3.5 million which meant he owed more than $1 million in taxes.  Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

A Montgomery County woman who worked in the U.S. State Department pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $650,000 from the agency. Source: Patch.com/maryland

A federal grand jury has charged four individuals, three from New York City and one from New Jersey, with conspiracy to commit visa and marriage fraud. "The defendants’ greed led them to concoct an illegal-marriage scheme that compromises the integrity of our immigration system,” the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland said. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

Annapolis man who was president of the Oyster Harbor Citizens Association in Anne Arundel County for nearly a decade was found guilty of using nearly $20,000 of the organization’s money to pay for personal expenses. Source: Baltimore Sun

A Bowie man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. According to the plea agreement, he conspired with unknown individuals, including John Doe, a foreign national living in Shenyang, China, to defraud U.S. companies into hiring the Bowie man as a remote software developer. After securing these jobs through materially false statements about his education, training, and experience, He allowed Doe and others to use his computer access credentials to perform the remote software development work and receive payment for that work. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

Defendant Paid $20,000 Bribe in Order to Receive State Contracts. Source: Maryland Attorney General

A 38-year old Fallston, Maryland woman pled guilty in federal court to knowingly and willfully making false statements to financial institutions in connection with real-estate settlements. Source: US Attorney District of Maryland

A Baltimore attorney was sentenced to six months of house arrest and three years of probation for attempting to extort the University of Maryland Medical System, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office. Source: CBS News

Speaking at a hearing prior to the Maryland Senate voting on the lottery position, he dismissed a history of financial issues, including a $45,000 federal tax lien, delinquent student loans and unreported campaign contributions. “There’s nothing that I’ve done in the past” that amounts to “fraud, waste, abuse or corruption in my personal life or as a member of this body or the (Baltimore) City Council.” Source: BaltimoreBrew.com

Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard III announced today a former legislative aide in the Maryland State Senate has pleaded guilty to felony theft scheme, for stealing funds allocated for legislative scholarships. According to a Statement of Facts, the former aide worked for a Maryland State Senator when she allocated scholarship funds to herself without that Senator’s authorization. She continued to access the Senator’s email address, “secretly and without permission” after she no longer worked in the Senator’s Office to ensure she continued to receive the scholarship funds. Source: Maryland State Prosecutor