A former top prosecutor for the city of Baltimore is facing sentencing this week for misleading about her personal finances to access retirement funds during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sentencing for former Baltimore state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby is scheduled to commence on Thursday at a federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C.
Mosby was convicted of perjury and mortgage fraud charges in separate trials related to her personal finances.
Mosby, known for charging six Baltimore police officers in the 2015 death of Freddie Gray, a Black man who died in police custody, gained national attention.
Following riots and protests in the city, three officers were acquitted, and charges against the other three officers were dropped by Mosby’s office.
In 2020, during the pandemic, Mosby withdrew $90,000 from Baltimore city’s deferred compensation plan to purchase vacation homes in Florida.
Prosecutors argued that Mosby improperly accessed the funds by falsely claiming pandemic-related harm to her travel-oriented business.
While Mosby’s attorneys argued she had the right to use the money as she pleased, federal prosecutors recommended a 20-month prison sentence. Mosby lost her reelection bid after being indicted in 2022.
Mosby applied for a presidential pardon, with support from the Congressional Black Caucus, as her attorneys argued against prison time due to no victim, financial loss, or use of public funds in her offenses.
US District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby moved Mosby’s trials to Greenbelt from Baltimore to ensure a fair trial, considering years of negative media coverage in Baltimore.
