Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Found Guilty of Loan Fraud

Former Baltimore state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby was found guilty Tuesday on one count of making false statements on a loan application. She was acquitted of a second count.

The jury heard nine days of evidence in the US District Court for the District of Maryland and deliberated for around seven and a half hours before returning its verdict.

Mosby made the alleged false statements in connection with two loans taken to purchase vacation homes in Florida. As the defense tells it, Mosby was trying to cultivate some financial independence—a step toward a future without her then-husband of nearly two decades, ...