A federal judge upheld former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s mortgage fraud conviction Friday.
U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby denied a request by Mosby to dismiss the charges against her, which her defense lawyers had raised last month during a weeks-long trial.
Mosby’s lawyers had argued the prosecution failed to prove the crimes it charged Mosby with occurred in Maryland. The government dubbed the defense’s argument as baseless.
Griggsby’s ruling Friday means the case is poised for sentencing, which the judge previously scheduled for May 23.
A federal jury convicted Mosby on Feb. 6 of one count of mortgage fraud, finding she submitted a false statement on a loan application for a condo she purchased in Longboat Key, Florida. Jurors acquitted Mosby of a second count of mortgage fraud.
In November, a separate federal jury found Mosby guilty of two counts of perjury, determining she lied about suffering financial hardship because of the coronavirus to withdraw $80,000 from her city retirement fund under a provision of a congressional pandemic relief package.
Mosby used the money from her retirement fund to close on a pair of properties in Florida: the beach-side condo on the Gulf Coast and an eight-bedroom house near Disney World.
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