Marilyn Mosby sentenced to home detention, 3 years supervised release

GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge sentenced Marilyn Mosby, the former top prosecutor in Baltimore City, to one year of home detention and 3 years of supervised release to be served concurrently, after two perjury convictions and a mortgage fraud conviction.

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Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby presided over the entire case dating back to January 2022 when Mosby was first indicated.

In January 2022, Marilyn Mosby was federally indicted, facing four charges: two perjury charges relating to her withdrawals from her city retirement account claiming a COVID-era financial hardship allowing her to avoid paying a penalty on the money, and two mortgage fraud charges related to her purchase of two Florida vacation homes.

Part of the mortgage fraud allegations stemmed from the tax lien; prosecutors said Marilyn Mosby failed to disclose the outstanding federal debt on mortgage application forms when she purchased a home in Kissimmee and again in Long Boat Key.

From the beginning, Marilyn Mosby maintained her innocence. Her attorney at the time, A. Scott Bolden, claimed he couldn’t find a $45,000 federal tax lien on the Mosby’s home in Baltimore when he looked for it. Even if he found it, he argued Mosby never knew about it.

Bolden also argued that Mosby’s travel-related businesses she launched while in office were impacted by the pandemic, and therefore, she qualified under the federal CARES Act to withdraw money from her retirement account without paying a penalty.

However, Mosby’s spokesperson told the OIG during the investigation – and told the media – that Mosby had no intention of operating her businesses while serving as Baltimore City’s state’s attorney.

Pretrial hearings, motions, and delays dragged the trial out for months. Bolden was charged with contempt of court following an expletive-laden speech on the courthouse steps in Baltimore City. The charge was later dropped.

In July 2022, Mosby lost re-election to Ivan Bates in the Democratic primary, putting an expiration date on her reign as the top prosecutor in Baltimore City.

In January 2023, Mosby’s legal team quit the case. Judge Griggsby declared Mosby indigent and she was appointed a federal public defender.

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Despite previous efforts, Mosby’s new legal team successfully argued a motion to move the chase out of Baltimore City – citing negative media coverage and a reason, they claimed, she couldn’t get a fair trial – and to Greenbelt, Md. The four charges were separated, and in November 2023, Mosby went to trial for two perjury charges.

Mosby declined to take the stand and testify in her defense during the perjury trial, and a jury found Mosby guilty on both perjury charges.

The second trial began in late January 2023 for the mortgage fraud allegations. Unlike the first trial, both Nick and Marilyn Mosby testified in the second trial.

While on the stand, Nick Mosby admitted to lying to the public about paying off the tax lien, and assumed responsibility for the couple’s financial problems. Nick repeatedly told jurors that he felt it was his responsibility to manage the couple's finances and, for years, hid information from his wife.

"Ultimately, it was my mismanagement of the tax situation and all that’s come from it, sitting here today in court, because of my actions," he said on the witness stand.

Prosecutors also claimed that Nick Mosby had “repeatedly” lied on his taxes in years past. According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Zelinsky, Nick reported thousands of dollars as charitable donations, but Nick also admitted to falling behind on mortgage payments, having his wages garnished, and his car was re-possessed for non-payment.

Judge Griggsby did not allow the prosecution to continue questioning Mosby regarding his taxes.

Jurors returned a split verdict during the second trial, convicting Mosby on one count of mortgage fraud; jurors determined Mosby submitted a false gift letter to lenders to secure a favorable interest

rate on the Long Boat Key. The letter indicated that Nick would gift Marilyn the $5,000 she needed for closing.

However, financial records showed Nick did not have enough money in his bank account to give his wife the money at the time of the letter; records prosecutors showed the jury indicated Marilyn was the one who wired Nick the $5,000 from an account she shared with her daughter, Nick then shuffled it around between bank accounts, and then sent it to the lender.

Following both of Marilyn’s trials, Nick Mosby decided he was going to run for re-election. In an exclusive interview with FOX45 News, Nick said he thought voters knew who he was and would trust him to continue leading the Baltimore City Council.

“I think the voters do trust and know who I am. They know my integrity,” he said in February 2024.

However, voters did not put their trust in him. Nick Mosby lost re-election to Zeke Cohen, a current councilman representing Fells Point, Highlandtown, and other neighborhoods. His political future remains unclear.

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