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Baltimore lawyer Marilyn Mosby was charged by a grand jury in federal charges for using the suffering of the coronavirus as a reason to withdraw money from the city’s retirement account, and then Ivan Bates, a defendant attorney for the Democratic Primary Association. Lost a re-election bid for.
The Associated Press called for a race on Friday night in support of defense counsel Ivan Bates. Bates was a former Baltimore prosecutor, who worked from 1996 to 2002 before becoming a lawyer.
Democrat Mosby offices to stop prosecution of crimes such as drug possession, prostitution, and public urination during a coronavirus pandemic to prevent the spread of the virus in prisons and prisons. Instructed.
She gained national popularity when she served as a prosecutor in the Freddie Gray case in 2015. Gray was a black man who died while in police detention.
Baltimore lawyer Marilyn Mosby charged with federal crime
Mosby was charged with perjury and false mortgage claims in connection with the purchase of a villa in Florida in January.
According to court documents, Mosby lied when he cited the suffering of the coronavirus as the reason for withdrawal from the city’s retirement account, and qualified for distribution under the CARES Act. It is said to have proved that it is.[ed] Statement and approval made in this request under penalties for perjury. ”
Mosby has allegedly requested two temporary withdrawals of $ 40,000 and $ 50,000 from the city’s retirement account, resulting in $ 36,000 and $ 45,000 in bank accounts.
Federal prosecutors allege that Mosby used the money for a down payment at two separate villas in Florida.
The complaint states that Mosby has not experienced the financial adverse effects of the coronavirus pandemic and has received her full $ 247,955.58 from January 1, 2020 to December 29, 2020.
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Prosecutors also claimed that Mosby lied to two mortgage applications, and in addition to the IRS, which charged Lien of $ 45,022 on all property owned by Mosby and her husband, she was last year. Did not reveal that he had an unpaid federal tax from.
Mosby has also been accused of lying, claiming to be a villa, in order to obtain low interest rates on mortgages in a villa in Kissimmee, Florida. Before claiming a “second home rider,” the prosecution claims that Mosby had signed a contract with a villa management company to let the company manage real estate leasing.
According to the Justice Department, if Mosby is convicted, he may face up to five years’imprisonment for two counts of perjury and up to 30 years’ imprisonment for each of the two counts of perjury.
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Mosby’s lawyer, A.Scott Bolden said first FOX 45 iA statement that his client did nothing wrong.
“Marilyn Mosby is innocent, innocent, and looks forward to defending her in court and presenting evidence of her innocence to her fellow jury. We are these accusations and energies. There is evidence that she will win these false accusations, that is, the accusations rooted in personal, political, and racial animus five months after the election. “
The Associated Press contributed to this report.