MARYLAND NEWS

The state legislative audit of Maryland's Lottery Agency revealed that, in a one-year period, eight players had won top lottery prizes 200 or more times. In the state's Pick 4 game, where the odds of winning are one in-10,000, auditors found one player had claimed the game's $5,000 top prize, 79-times in one year.

Among other things the report by the Maryland Office of Legislative Audits said “Our audit disclosed that the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency had not established procedures to identify and investigate individuals who won multiple high-dollar lottery prizes…to identify patterns of potential collusion between players and lottery related vendors or officials." Source: Fox45News and Maryland Office of Legislative Audits

Maryland's Court of Special Appeals vacated a woman's expungement in a decade-old identity fraud case, ruling that a "good cause" provision in the state law designed to shield old criminal convictions does not give judges the authority to grant expungement for more serious offenses. Source: Maryland Daily Record

The nationwide Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force of 50 states will investigate and take legal action against the telecommunications companies responsible for bringing foreign robocalls into the United States.

According to the National Consumer Law Center and Electronic Privacy Information Center,over 33 million scam robocalls are made to Americans every day. These scam calls include Social Security Administration fraud against seniors, Amazon scams against consumers, and many other scams targeting all consumers, including some of the most vulnerable. In 2021, scammers took $29.8 billion dollars through fraudulent calls, most of which originated overseas. The Maryland Attorney General's press release also offers tips to avoid scams and unwanted calls. Source: Maryland Attorney General

The Maryland State Prosecutor announced charges that alleges the delegate facilitated rental payments from the General Assembly to his personal landlord using state funds for a “district office” that was actually a building outside of his district... The charges further allege that the delegate facilitated the creation of an invoice with an office supply vendor that reflected the purchase of office furniture which was never actually ordered. Source: Maryland State Prosecutor

The Defendant Caused a Loss of more than $59,000 While on Pretrial Release for Initial Identity Theft and Bank Fraud Conviction Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

Defendant Used His Position as a Caregiver to Unlawfully Access and Use Victims’ Personally Identifiable Information to File for Benefits. Source: US Attorney, District of Mariyland

The bill would remove elected officials from the board, which is supposed to convene annually to review the performance of the inspector general, Baltimore city’s watchdog for waste, fraud and abuse.

Source: Baltimore Sun

The Defendants’ Allegedly Submitted over 200 Fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Claims to the Maryland Department of Labor and California Department of Labor. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

Source: Capital Gazette

Source: Maryland Attorney General