"Former Baltimore Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby Convicted in Mortgage Fraud Trial"

Former Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby was convicted of mortgage fraud for making false statements on loan applications to buy two Florida vacation homes, while being found not guilty on a second mortgage fraud charge. The federal charges stemmed from allegations that she claimed a pandemic-related hardship to make early withdrawals from her retirement account and used that money for down payments on the properties. Mosby, who previously served as state’s attorney for Baltimore, also faced a separate conviction on two counts of perjury. Her defense initially condemned the prosecution as rooted in political or racial animus, but a judge later found those assertions invalid.