Federal prosecutors are seeking to seize Former Baltimore City Attorney Marilyn Mosby will be living in a Florida condominium after being convicted of mortgage fraud earlier this year, according to reports citing a court filing Friday. .
The application stated that the government plans to sell the condominiums if they are seized from Mosby, the Baltimore Sun reported. Prosecutors previously said she would seek forfeiture in her case.
The 44-year-old was convicted in February of one count of mortgage fraud after testifying that she unintentionally made false statements on loan applications to purchase two vacation homes in Florida. The verdict is scheduled to be handed down on May 23rd. According to CBS News Baltimore, another appointment was scheduled for that day.
Mosby was found guilty by a federal jury in November on two counts of perjury after falsely claiming to have suffered financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to withdraw funds from the city’s retirement fund. received the verdict. She has not been sentenced in either case.
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Former Baltimore State Attorney Marilyn Mosby arrives at the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland, with her attorney, federal public defender James Wajda. (Kevin Richardson/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Prosecutors claim Mosby’s condo should be repossessed because she bought it after filling out a fraudulent mortgage application, the Sun reported.
Mosby will get back his $47,000 down payment on the condo, but he will lose the money he paid back to the lender.
Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against Mosby, alleging that he withdrew money from his retirement account due to pandemic-related hardships and used the money as down payments on two properties in Florida.
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Marilyn Mosby, Maryland State Attorney in Baltimore City; (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Prosecutors argued she repeatedly lied on her mortgage application.
Ms. Mosby told the court that she did not intentionally make any false statements and signed the loan application in good faith, but that her failure to disclose the debt on the application contributed to the mortgage fraud charge. He said that.
Marilyn Mosby was convicted of mortgage fraud and perjury. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service, Getty Images)
Prosecutors argued at trial that Mosby lied about receiving a $5,000 gift from her husband at the time, which resulted in a lower interest rate.
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The Baltimore Sun reported that the gift led to the conviction because prosecutors traced it back to her testimony.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
