Maryland’s COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force busy at work

In the past year, Maryland’s U.S. Attorney’s Office has prosecuted cases against 20 defendants who committed COVID fraud with losses totaling an alleged $40 million. The office established its COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force in August 2022 and has since seen its criminal prosecutions of pandemic fraud-related cases “significantly increase,” Public Affairs Specialist Marcia Lubin told The Center Square.