MARYLAND NEWS

Judith's daughter speaks candidly on the scam's ongoing financial and psychological domino effect on family and friends as they support Judith through recovery. Source: Washington Post

The Maryland Attorney General and Secretary of State announced a settlement with The Johns Hopkins House, Inc., a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and its founder, Robert S. Brown, for alleged violations of the Maryland Solicitations Act. The settlement requires Mr. Brown to permanently shut down the organization and cease all charitable soliciting in the State of Maryland. Source: WJZ, cbsnews.com and Maryland Attorney General.

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Source:WJZ-CBS News and Baltimore IG discusses fictitious names in recent OIG report about Safe Streets at WBFF Baltimore

The felony theft charge relates to the council member embezzling $23,496.83 from the union for which he served as president. The council member pleaded nolo contendere before a Baltimore County Circuit Court judge and received a sentence of probation before judgment and one year of unsupervised probation.Source: WBAL TV via msn.com

A former Prince George’s County Council Member, has been sentenced to 5 years incarceration, all but 1 year suspended, and 3 years of supervised probation, for one count of Felony Theft Scheme over $100,000, and  5 years incarceration, all suspended, for one count of Perjury, to run concurrently, and was ordered to pay $133,168.67 in restitution, by the Honorable Mark W. Crooks in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. Source: Maryland State Prosecutor

Federal charges brought against Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins for an alleged scheme to illegally buy machine guns were dismissed Tuesday, according to the sheriff's office. Source: CBSNews.com

Conference panelists taught attendees how to identify threats and weaknesses, manage a cyber incident, and coordinate with law enforcement. The conference also served as an opportunity for participants to network and continue conversations about enhancing cybersecurity across all sectors of Maryland. Source US Attorney, District of Maryland

A 45 year old Maryland man was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release for conspiring to commit bribery at the Aberdeen Proving Ground. In addition, the Court ordered him to forfeit $111,794.83, which is equal to the value of the bribes he received. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

Earlier this year, a Maryland woman found herself scammed out of $18,000. A spoof phone call mimicking a U.S. Customs Official led to her depositing the money into a Bitcoin ATM. Across the state, Marylanders lost over $160 million to the crimes last year.  Commentary on a U.S. Senate bill at MarylandReporter.com