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Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office creates Civil Rights Unit to prosecute hate crimes, address discrimination

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—This week, Acting United States Attorney Jonathan F. Lenzner announced that the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has established a Civil Rights Unit to enhance the department’s focus on hate crimes and to address discrimination with regard to housing, education, and other sector. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office has always enforced federal laws that prohibit discrimination […]

Maryland authorities seize domain names of fraudulent COVID-19 treatment websites

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has seized “remdesivirmx.com,” which purported to sell and distribute Remdesivir, an antiviral drug approved for the treatment of the COVID-19 virus, in Mexico. However, the website was fraudulent and instead appears to have been used to collect the personal information of individuals visiting the site for fraudulent purposes, including phishing […]

U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur to leave Department of Justice

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—United States Attorney Robert K. Hur on Wednesday announced that he would be resigning his position as the chief federal law enforcement officer for the District of Maryland. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland is one of the country’s largest and busiest, serving a population of more than six million. Hur will return to private law […]

Attorney General Frosh joins bipartisan lawsuit seeking to end Google’s search monopoly

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Thursday joined a bipartisan coalition of 37 other attorneys general in suing Google LLC for anti-competitive conduct in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act. The states allege that Google illegally maintains its monopoly power over general search engines and related advertising markets through a series of anti-competitive exclusionary contracts and […]

Maryland announces settlement with Nationstar Mortgage A.K.A. Mr. Cooper

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of Labor’s Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation on Monday announced that it had concluded a multi-year investigation of one of the nation’s top ten largest mortgage servicing companies, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, which does business as Mr. Cooper. After a nationwide investigation revealed multiple violations of law and procedural deficiencies, Nationstar has cooperated and agreed […]

Baltimore County reaches settlement with U.S. Department of Justice in hiring discrimination case

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

TOWSON, MD—County Executive Johnny Olszewski this week announced that Baltimore County has reached a settlement agreement to resolve claims by the U.S. Department of Justice alleging unintentional hiring discrimination by the Baltimore County Police Department in the years prior to Olszewski taking office. “Our Police Department should look like the communities it serves and, even prior to this lawsuit, I […]

Florida man pleads guilty in Maryland for scamming elderly victims of more than $939,000

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—A Florida man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal mail fraud conspiracy charge, in connection with a scheme in which he defrauded more than 28 elderly victims of more than $939,000. The guilty plea filed by David Green, 25, of Miami Gardens, FL, was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur and […]

U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI warn Marylanders about election misinformation

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur and Special Agent in Charge Jennifer C. Boone of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office on Tuesday issued a warning to educate voters about the dangers of misinformation about the time, place, and manner of voting in Maryland. The Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office, in partnership with the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section […]

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