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   Marilyn Mosby, the state’s attorney for Baltimore City, is   
   accused of lying about pandemic hardships to withdraw retirement   
   funds and of making false statements in her mortgage   
   applications to buy two Florida vacation homes.   
      
   By Alyssa Lukpat and Christine Chung   
   Jan. 13, 2022   
   Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore’s top prosecutor, was indicted Thursday   
   on charges that she perjured herself to obtain money from a   
   retirement fund and made false statements on loan applications   
   to buy two vacation homes in Florida.   
      
   The charges against Ms. Mosby, 41, who was first elected state’s   
   attorney in 2014 and drew national attention the following year   
   for her handling of the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old   
   Black man who died in police custody, came after a monthslong   
   investigation by federal authorities.   
      
   Ms. Mosby filed two requests in 2020 to withdraw about $90,000   
   from her city retirement account, according to the U.S.   
   Attorney’s Office in Maryland.   
      
   She faces two counts of perjury for those requests, which were   
   made through the CARES Act, because she claimed that the   
   pandemic had caused her financial difficulties. But at the time,   
   she was fully employed and making almost $250,000 a year,   
   according to the indictment.   
      
   “Rather than experiencing a reduction in income in 2020, Mosby’s   
   gross salary in 2020 increased,” the indictment said, noting   
   that she had received a raise of nearly $10,000 from the year   
   before.   
      
   She also faces two counts of making false statements on a loan   
   application for two vacation homes in Florida, prosecutors said.   
      
   Ms. Mosby used the money she had withdrawn for down payments on   
   the homes, according to the indictment. She did not disclose on   
   her mortgage applications that she owed more than $45,000 in   
   taxes to the Internal Revenue Service. In March 2020, the I.R.S.   
   placed a lien on all the properties belonging to Ms. Mosby. The   
   lien also applied to her husband, Nick Mosby, president of the   
   Baltimore City Council. He is not charged in the case.   
      
   Prosecutors said that Ms. Mosby also did not reveal her tax   
   troubles in an agreement she had signed with a management   
   company to rent out one of the vacation homes. That way, they   
   said, she could obtain a lower interest rate on her mortgage.   
      
   The mortgages amounted to more than $900,000 for both homes —   
   which were in Kissimmee and Longboat Key — according to the   
   indictment. She was listed as the sole owner of both homes. In   
   November, she sold the Kissimmee property, an eight-bedroom   
   home, according to property records.   
      
   If convicted, Ms. Mosby would face a maximum sentence of five   
   years in prison on each of the perjury counts and 30 years on   
   each of the charges of making false loan applications.   
      
   A. Scott Bolden, Ms. Mosby’s lawyer, vigorously denied the   
   charges against his client and labeled them “bogus.”   
      
   In an interview on Thursday night, he said that the   
   investigation was part of a “historical attack on Black female   
   prosecutors.” Ms. Mosby had no plans to step down from her   
   position, he added.   
      
   Mr. Bolden said that Ms. Mosby contended that she had financial   
   hardship because she owned a travel start-up, and that she did   
   not disclose the tax lien on her properties because she did not   
   know about it. He said that Ms. Mosby’s husband handled the   
   couple’s taxes.   
      
   Mr. Mosby did not respond to emails on Thursday night.   
      
   When Ms. Mosby became state’s attorney for Baltimore City in   
   2015, she was 34 years old, the youngest top prosecutor of any   
   major American city.   
      
   Three months into her term, Freddie Gray died in police custody   
   after sustaining a spinal cord injury. Video footage showed   
   officers carrying his limp body into a police van. His death   
   fueled protests against excessive force and amplified awareness   
   of police killings of Black people. Riots broke out, and police   
   cars were set on fire. The city was placed under curfew.   
      
   Two weeks after Mr. Gray’s death, Ms. Mosby announced she would   
   prosecute six officers. They were charged with crimes including   
   manslaughter and murder. This decision was contested, with   
   critics stating that she moved too hastily in what was   
   inevitably an uphill battle.   
      
   Three officers were acquitted by a judge, who said there was   
   insufficient evidence. Then, Ms. Mosby dropped remaining charges   
   against three police officers, another divisive decision.   
      
   Still, in 2018, Ms. Mosby handily won another four-year term,   
   which expires this year. At least two candidates have announced   
   they will challenge her in this summer’s Democratic primary.   
      
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