Former Baltimore mayor Catherine E. Pugh charged with wire fraud, tax evasion
Posted on AllSides November 20th, 2019
From The Left
Baltimore’s former mayor Catherine E. Pugh has been indicted by a federal grand jury on wire fraud and tax evasion over lucrative book deals for her self-published Healthy Holly children’s series, according to charges made public Wednesday.
Pugh resigned in May after revelations about the deals she allegedly cut with companies connected to the city and state government, setting off another political crisis and setback for the city.
Pugh, 69, was the second Baltimore mayor to leave office in the past decade while facing corruption allegations. The indictment describes a...
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