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Federal prosecutors want to seize Former Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s Florida condo pursuing her condemnation early this twelvemonth for owe fraud, reports said, citing a Friday tribunal filing.
The filing said nan authorities plans to waste nan condo if it is seized from Mosby, nan Baltimore Sun reported. Prosecutors antecedently said they would activity forfeiture successful her case.
The 44-year-old was convicted connected one count of owe fraud successful February, aft she testified that she unintentionally made mendacious statements connected indebtedness applications to bargain 2 Florida picnic homes, and she will beryllium sentenced connected May 23. An plus forfeiture proceeding has besides been scheduled for that day, according to CBS News Baltimore.
In November, Mosby was convicted of two counts of perjury by a national assemblage aft she falsely claimed financial hardship during nan COVID-19 pandemic successful bid to retreat money from nan city’s status fund. She has not been sentenced successful either case.
BALTIMORE'S FORMER TOP PROSECUTOR MARILYN MOSBY HAS TRIAL DELAYED AFTER ENTIRE DEFENSE TEAM QUITS
Former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby arrives astatine nan national courthouse successful Greenbelt, Maryland, pinch her lawyer, national nationalist defender James Wyda. (Kevin Richardson/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Prosecutors reason that Mosby’s condo should beryllium seized because she purchased it aft filling retired a fraudulent exertion for a owe loan, nan Sun reported.
Mosby would get backmost her $47,000 down costs for nan condo, but suffer money she repaid to nan lender.
Federal prosecutors revenge criminal charges against Mosby aft allegations that she claimed a pandemic-related hardship to propulsion money from her status relationship past utilized nan money arsenic down payments connected 2 Florida properties.
FORMER BALTIMORE PROSECUTOR MARILYN MOSBY FACES POSSIBLE DISBARMENT AMID ONGOING LEGAL BATTLES
Maryland State Attorney for Baltimore City Marilyn Mosby. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Prosecutors claimed she many times lied connected nan owe applications.
Mosby told nan courts she did not make immoderate mendacious statements intentionally and signed nan indebtedness applications successful bully faith, but it was her nonaccomplishment to disclose nan indebtedness connected her applications that contributed to nan owe fraud charges.
Marilyn Mosby was convicted of owe fraud and perjury. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Prosecutors alleged during nan proceedings that Mosby lied astir getting a $5,000 gift from her hubby astatine nan time, which helped her get a little liking rate.
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The gift is what led to nan conviction, nan Baltimore Sun reported, arsenic prosecutors traced it backmost to her account.
Fox News Digital's Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
