06/23/2022
Scammers steal $317,000 from Baltimore workers’ compensation program; city able to recover most stolen funds
The Baltimore Sun
Out-of-state scammers stole more than $317,200 from a Baltimore bank account used to pay city employees’ workers’ compensation insurance, the Baltimore inspector general announced Tuesday.
The city recovered most of the funds but ultimately lost more than $26,000.
Isabel Mercedes Cumming, Baltimore’s inspector general,
published an investigative report Tuesday detailing how multiple external bank accounts withdrew $317,241 over more than a year from an account used by the city’s law department.
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