Tag: Baltimore
James Carroll Erny Jr., Public Corruption, Maryland 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Baltimore County man, James Carroll Erny Jr., has been sentenced for bribing a Baltimore City finance official, Joseph Gillespie, in exchange for extinguishing his financial obligations to the city. The bribery scheme, which lasted from December 2019 to August 2023, involved Erny paying at least $25,000 in bribes to Gillespie,…
Philip Andrew Turner, Child Sex Trafficking, Maryland 2018
⏱ 2 min read A 47-year-old Maryland man, Philip Andrew Turner, has pleaded guilty to charges related to a Filipino child-sex trafficking ring. Turner, from Linthicum Heights, used Skype to persuade and coerce minor victims in the Philippines to engage in sexual activity between November 2017 and March 2018. He communicated with a known Filipino…
Jacque Brown, Fentanyl Trafficking, Maryland 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jacque ‘Hammer’ Brown, a 50-year-old Baltimore County man, has been sentenced to 135 months in prison for his role in a fentanyl trafficking operation. Brown, of Randallstown, Maryland, was caught with 500 grams of fentanyl and two firearms at his home. The bust was the result of a DEA investigation that…
Paul Samuel Williams, Fentanyl Trafficking, West Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Baltimore man’s lucrative fentanyl operation in West Virginia has been shut down. Paul Samuel Williams, 27, also known as ‘G’, sold 51 grams of fentanyl for $3,500 in the parking lot of a business in Bridgeport, West Virginia. The transaction, which took place in Harrison County, has led to Williams’…
Florin Serdaru, Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft, Maryland 2022
⏱ 2 min read A 29-year-old Romanian citizen, Florin Serdaru, was sentenced to 39 months in federal prison for his role in a Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits fraud conspiracy in Maryland. The conspiracy, which took place in 2022, involved Serdaru and his co-conspirators obtaining EBT information from victims across the US, including in…
Natayah Adams, PPP Loan Fraud, Maryland 2021
⏱ 2 min read Natayah Adams, a 44-year-old former Department of Education employee from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, has agreed to pay $161,248.30 to settle allegations of scamming the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for COVID-19 relief. In 2021, Adams submitted three false loan applications to different lenders, claiming her jewelry resale business on Etsy brought in…
Mouhamad Bazzi, Medicare Fraud, Maryland 2023
⏱ 2 min read A Maryland oncology practice, Progressive Oncology & Hematology, and its owner, Mouhamad Bazzi, MD, have agreed to pay $1.45 million to settle allegations of fraudulent billing for chemotherapy services in Frederick, MD. The practice allegedly submitted claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and the US Department of Veterans Affairs for reimbursement for chemotherapy…
Lorenzo Turner, Sex Trafficking, Maryland 2024
⏱ 2 min read Lorenzo Turner, a 43-year-old recidivist sex offender from Washington D.C., has been charged with sex trafficking minors in Baltimore. Between May 2024 and August 2024, Turner allegedly recruited, enticed, and transported two minor victims to engage in commercial sex acts. The crimes were committed in Baltimore, and Turner is now facing…
Jacob Rappaport, Bank Fraud, Maryland 2020
⏱ 2 min read Jacob Rappaport, a 41-year-old attorney from Towson, Maryland, orchestrated a real estate bank fraud scheme that involved fake contracts and hidden side agreements. The scheme, which took place in Baltimore, involved Rappaport’s client, Alexander Schultz, and his company, Limitless Management. In January 2020, Schultz’s company, Coventry Realty, LLC, purchased a Baltimore…
James Beverly, Attempted Drive-By Shooting, Maryland 2024
⏱ 2 min read A brazen attempted drive-by shooting in East Baltimore has led to a 54-month prison sentence for James Beverly, 40. The incident occurred in February 2024, when Beverly, who was prohibited from possessing a firearm due to prior felony convictions, was targeted by a gunman in a dark-colored SUV. Beverly, who had…
