Thursday - November 28, 2024
Federal Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for Sunday September 01, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Md. U.S. Attorney: Former Baltimore City Department of Finance Employee Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Conspiracy and Bribery Scheme
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2024: Joseph Gillespie, age 35, of Baltimore City, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud involving a scheme to defraud a financial institution and the United States Small Business Administration in order to obtain fraudulent loans under the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan program for various purported  more

Md. U.S. Attorney: Nigerian National Extradited From Ghana to Face Charges for an Alleged $7.5 Million Business Email Compromise Scheme Involving Two Charitable Organizations
GREENBELT, Maryland, Sept. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release: Olusegun Samson Adejorin, a Nigerian national, was extradited from Ghana and arrived in the United States on August 30, 2024 to face federal charges for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorized access to a protected computer related to a $7.5 million scheme to defraud two charitable organizations. Adejorin had his initial appearance on August 30, 2024, a  more