Lab owner ordered to pay $26 million in COVID-19 fraud case

BALTIMORE, MD—A federal judge in the the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has awarded a $26 million judgment against a laboratory company and its owner, accusing the company of defrauding the federal government out of millions of dollars during the COVID-19 pandemic. Patrick Britton-Harr owns Provista Health, LLC. The company is accused of offering COVID-19 tests to […]

Attorney General Brown announces appointments newly-formed Maryland Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown this week announced appointments to the newly formed Maryland Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention. The Commission is composed of 20 stakeholders from a cross-section of law enforcement, state and local institutions, and organizations representing communities targeted by hate crimes. In May, the General Assembly passed HB1066, creating the Commission that now […]