Baltimore State's
Attorney Marilyn Mosby was indicted by a grand jury on federal charges,
alleging that she lied on a mortgage application when using coronavirus
hardship as a reason to take money out of her city retirement account.
On Thursday, Mosby was
indicted on federal charges of making false mortgage applications and perjury,
which both relate to vacation home purchases in Florida.
According to court documents, Mosby allegedly lied when citing coronavirus hardship as a reason to make withdraws from her city retirement account. Mosby allegedly certified that she met at least one qualification for distribution under the CARES Act and "affirm[ed] under penalties for perjury the statements and acknowledgments made in this request."
Maryland State Attorney Marilyn Mosby speaks during a news conference in Baltimore in December 2019. (AP/Julio Cortez)
She allegedly
requested two one-time withdrawals of $40,000 and $50,000 out of her city
retirement account, resulting in deposits of $36,000 and $45,000 into her bank
account. The court documents allege that Mosby used the money for down-payments
on two separate vacation homes in Florida.
The indictment states
that Mosby did not experience any adverse financial consequences from the
coronavirus pandemic, and received her full salary of $247,955.58 from Jan. 1,
2020 all the way through Dec. 29, 2020.
On two occasions,
according to court documents, Mosby also lied on two mortgage applications,
allegedly failing to disclose that she had unpaid federal taxes from a number
of years and the IRS had placed a $45,022 lien against all property that Mosby
and her husband owned.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/baltimore-dem-states-attorney-indicted-after-allegedly-lying-on-loan-applications
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