MARYLAND NEWS

The key to cracking the case lay in uncovering the source of the compromised bank information: three employees at M&T Bank in Maryland. Source: TampaFreePress via aol.com

Source: Baltimore Sun.com

The Association of Inspectors General (AIG) sent a letter to the Baltimore County Council and the County Executive Monday raising concerns about the selection process. In part, the letter stated, “An Inspector General must be selected through an open and transparent process that ensures independence, not one controlled exclusively by elected officials who may themselves fall under the IG’s jurisdiction,” Source: foxbaltimore.news.com. A copy of the letter can be downloaded from the AIG 's web site at https://inspectorsgeneral.org/.

The doctor was convicted in 2023 in U.S. District Court in Baltimore of five counts of health care fraud. More than 4 months after the trial, A U.S. Senior District Judge acquitted the doctor in an opinion that the government did not present enough evidence to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit disagreed on July 17, 2025. See their 90-page opinion at

https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/244048.P.pdf

Source: BaltimoreBanner.com

A federal appeals court gave former Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby a partial win Friday, overturning her 2024 conviction for mortgage fraud but upholding perjury convictions in connection with the purchase of two Florida homes. Source: MarylandMatters.com via yahoo.com

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, the Wilsons conspired to defraud life-insurance companies by securing more than 40 life-insurance policies. The scheme included mispresenting policy applicants’ health, wealth, and existing life-insurance coverage. Total death benefits from these policies exceeded $20 million. Also, one of the individuals, a former Maryland life insurance broker, defrauded individual investors to receive funds that he used to pay premiums on the fraudulently obtained life-insurance policies. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

According to his guilty plea, DiNoto was a longtime employee of Company 1, a family-owned global business headquartered in New York, but with manufacturing facilities located in Belcamp and Abingdon, Maryland, both in Harford County.  Beginning in 2012, DiNoto and another employee, Elliott Kleinman, started taking advantage of their management positions at Company 1 to execute a fraudulent billing scheme. Through the scheme, they received illegal kickbacks from various drum vendors that conducted business with Company 1, which used drums to store and transport its products. Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

The Prince George’s County State’s Attorney announced indictments of two men charged with defrauding a 59-year-old county resident out of $86,000. The State’s Attorney and police said the men from New York and California impersonated Federal Trade Commission officials to convince the victim of fraudulent activity on her Apple ID. Source: MarylandMatters.com via WTOP.com

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One target of a fraud shared her story Monday as part of AARP Maryland’s annual week of free workshops, webinars and other activities to combat financial exploitation against older Americans. The initiative coincides with World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on Saturday.Source: Maryland Matters via Yahoo News