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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Randallstown Man Convicted of Tax, Bankruptcy Fraud

Federal jury finds a 42-year-old guilty of filing a false tax return, falsifying bankruptcy records and more.

A jury Thursday convicted Randallstown resident Ricardo O. Curry II of numerous fraud charges. The 42 year old twice assisted in filing a false tax return, and gave false testimony under oath at a bankruptcy proceeding, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office. He was also convicted of four counts of bankruptcy fraud, four counts of falsifying bankruptcy records. In all, the pharmaceutical sales representative "failed to report income and assets totaling more than $740,000 and tried to fraudulently discharge debts of more than $1.1 million through bankruptcy," the statement said. While he reported his income from pharmaceutical sales, he failed to report $415,201 in referral fees for finding investors for land in North …

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Report: Rodney Getlan Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud

Getlan was accused of stealing more than $100,000 from his victims.

Rodney Getlan, a Baltimore  County resident, faces decades in prison for his role in a mortgage fraud. Getlan was sentenced to 35 years in prison with 10 years suspended this week, according to a report by WBAL-TV. He defrauded as many as 48 victims in the Baltimore area and elsewhere, it states. In September, he pleaded guilty to nine counts of mortgage fraud, according to another WBAL-TV report. Court records showed that Getlan is accused of stealing mortgage payments from customers of a loan modification business he ran between January 2009 and January 2012, according to a Patch report. The alleged thefts resulted in two homeowners losing their homes to foreclosures. What do you think of the length of his sentencing? Tell us in the …

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

County Employee Convicted of Theft After Faking Disability

Joppa man could get 15 years in jail and agrees to repay Baltimore County more than $49,000.

A Joppa man, who was caught on video trimming a tree after claiming he was too injured to continue working as a laborer for the county, pleaded entered an Alford plea Tuesday to felony theft charges. James Robinson faces 15 years in jail when he is sentenced on Aug. 9 in Baltimore County Circuit Court. As part of his plea agreement, Robinson agreed to repay more than $49,000 in pension, disability and medical payments he received between 2010 and 2011. In Alford plea, a defendant does not admit committing the act but acknowledges that prosecutors have enough evidence to obtain a conviction should the case go to trial. Part of the repayment also includes reimbursing the county for the cost of the private investigators hired to tail and …

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