MARYLAND NEWS

Source: Maryland Attorney General

Defendant Used Stolen Identities to Open Bank Accounts Which Were Used to Receive Money Obtained from Victim Companies and Individuals Under False Pretenses. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

The trustees of the Maryland Bar’s Client Protection Fund validly rejected a man’s request to be reimbursed for the $2.6 million a since-convicted and disbarred attorney bilked from the escrow account the lawyer had managed for him, the state’s second highest court ruled Wednesday. In its reported 3-0 decision, the Court of Special Appeals said the lawyer was not acting in the fiduciary role of an attorney when he managed the escrow account. Source: Maryland Daily Record

Source: WMAR -2 News

The Defendant Used His Law Firm Escrow Account to Launder Drug Proceeds. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

Source: Maryland Attorney General

The former Chief Information Officer of the Maryland Department of Human Resources, while employed as a government agent, from December 2011 to January 2013,  received financial benefits from two senior members of an IT Company  in exchange for influence in connection with the performance of favorable official acts.  In the process of influencing contracts, the Annapolis woman used her own company, to facilitate contracts and favorable business dealings. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

The U.S. Attorney’s Office is partnering with Project SAFE and the PROTECT Week Coalition to help seniors in Maryland avoid falling victim to financial exploitation.  PROTECT Week, held June 13-17, 2022, offers opportunities to learn about the many forms of abuse, neglect, and financial e2xploitation of older Marylanders. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

The Department of Justice, pursuant to a court-ordered default judgment and final order of forfeiture entered on May 24, has secured the forfeiture of a Potomac, Maryland, property acquired with approximately $3.5 million in alleged corruption proceeds by the former President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia, through a trust set up by his wife, Zineb Jammeh.

The judgment is the result of a civil forfeiture complaint filed by the United States in July 2020 seeking the forfeiture of the Maryland property. As alleged in the complaint, Yahya Jammeh corruptly obtained millions of dollars through the misappropriation of stolen public funds and the solicitation of bribes from businesses seeking to obtain monopoly rights over various sectors of the Gambian economy. Jammeh conspired with his family members and close associates to utilize a host of shell companies and overseas trusts to launder his alleged corrupt proceeds throughout the world, including through the purchase of a multimillion-dollar mansion in Potomac, Maryland. Source: U.S. DOJ