Prosecutors Submit More Fraud Evidence Against Maryland State’s Attorney Mosby

The U.S. attorneys prosecuting Marilyn Mosby updated their indictment against the Baltimore state’s attorney last week with more evidence she lied in financial documents to purchase two homes in Florida.

The latest filing does not include new charges, only evidence Mosby wrote a letter to a mortgage lender falsely claiming she and her family had lived in Florida for the previous 70 days.

Mosby is charged in U.S. District Court in Baltimore with two counts of making false statements on a loan application and two counts of perjury. She pleaded not guilty and is scheduled for trial in early May.

The Democrat continues with her plans to run for reelection this year. The primary is set for June 28.

She said in a public statement last month, “Don’t be fooled. We are now five months from my next election, and this indictment is merely a political ploy by my political adversaries to unseat me.”

The Dec. 10, 2020 letter she wrote to a mortgage lender to obtain favorable loan terms said, “The home is spacious and comfortable and because of my ability to work remotely, my family and I have spent the past 70 days there.” Prosecutors say the statement is false.

The original indictment accuses Mosby of lying when she claimed financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic to qualify for withdrawing $81,000 without penalty from her city retirement savings account.

Actually, her annual salary rose to $248,000 during the pandemic, prosecutors said. She used the money for down payments on the Florida vacation homes.

She also lied on a mortgage application for an eight-bedroom house near Disney World by saying it would be her family’s second home, prosecutors said. She always intended to rent it to vacationers, according to court documents.

In addition, prosecutors say Mosby failed to disclose in her mortgage application a federal tax lien against her and husband. She paid it off in June 2021.

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