MARYLAND NEWS

The Attorney General joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 Attorneys General in sending a letter to Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) addressing the recent increase in Facebook and Instagram platform account takeovers by scammers. Source Maryland Attorney General. Source: Maryland Attorney General

A Maryland firm that oversees the nation's largest independent network of primary care medical practices is facing a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it cheated Medicare out of millions of dollars using billing software "rigged" to make patients appear sicker than they were... Aledade's senior vice president for communications, denied the allegations. Source: msn.com

 

The hustler worked for the U.S. Army at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, as a financial program manager and allegedly created a shell company…She had amassed a portfolio of homes in Texas, Maryland, Colorado, Washington, and New Mexico -  which, the prosecutors claim, she bought with the fraudulent cash...One of the sprawling mansions that drew attention was an eight-bedroom, sixteen-bathroom home in Preston, Maryland - as the IRS began to question how she afforded such lavish purchases on a $130,000 salary.  Source: Daily Mail via MSN.com

There’s a new scam circulating that’s costing Marylanders millions of dollars. It’s multi-layered with significant losses and the FBI is seeing it more often. Source: WMAR-2, Matter for Mallory.

Marylanders made 43,433 fraud reports in 2023, according to data released by the Federal Trade Commission. Most of the reports — 14,968 — were for imposter scams, Source: Baltimore Banner

The Defendant and His Co-Defendant Used Fraudulent Debt Elimination Classes to Defraud Victims and Obtain Their Personal Identifying Information. Source: US Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland

A judge sentenced the Riverdale, Maryland, man to five years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud and for conspiracy to make false statements relating to health care matters in connection with a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicaid.  The defendant’s conviction stems from a scheme involving services purportedly provided by Holy Health Care Services, LLC (“Holy Health”), a mental health services provider with locations in Washington, D.C. The judge also ordered the man to pay restitution in the full amount of the loss, $4,450,588.66.  Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

The Potomac resident accomplished this fraud scheme by practicing dentistry without a license on Maryland Medicaid recipients, almost exclusively children, and using the names, provider numbers, and professional credentials of licensed dentists to submit claims...The Maryland Board of Dental Examiners revoked his license to practice dentistry in February 2015...Only a licensed dentist may own a dental practice and perform dentistry. From 2015 through January 2023, he continued to own Greenbelt and Rockville practices and continued to practice dentistry. Source: Maryland Attorney General’s Office

Mosby was previously convicted on two counts of perjury in a separate criminal trial that took place in November. Source: NBC news.com

 

Federal court records unsealed Monday in Baltimore detail what prosecutors described as a $1.89 billion cryptocurrency fraud scheme and charges against three people, including a former Severna Park resident.  Source: Baltimore Sun via Yahoo Finance