CareFirst sues ex-insurance brokers in MD civil racketeering case
CareFirst sued two brothers, alleging they coordinated a racketeering scheme involving fraudulent Maryland insurance claims totaling over $51 million.
Jury still deliberating in federal trial against Ravenell, Treem
Jurors deliberated for about seven hours Monday without returning a verdict in the federal trial against prominent Baltimore defense attorneys Kenneth W. Ravenell and Joshua R. Treem. It was the […]
Ravenell racketeering case heads to jury after 2 weeks of testimony
Lawyers painted the federal indictments against Kenneth W. Ravenell and Joshua R. Treem as a concerted effort to punish successful criminal defense attorneys.
‘Overreaching’? Case against Ravenell, Treem alarms lawyers as trial concludes
An overflow courtroom next to Kenneth W. Ravenell’s federal racketeering trial quietly filled with lawyers Wednesday as the case neared closing arguments. Though few observers agreed to speak to The […]
Ravenell will not testify as racketeering trial nears closing arguments
Jurors will have two weeks’ worth of dense testimony to weigh when they begin deliberating in Kenneth W. Ravenell’s federal racketeering trial later this week. They will not, however, have […]
Prosecutors seek to link Ravenell with drug money at RICO trial
Federal prosecutors spent much of Tuesday trying to draw a direct line between Baltimore defense lawyer Kenneth W. Ravenell and illegal drug proceeds.
Baltimore marijuana trafficker testifies he paid Ravenell ‘millions’ in drug money
As the bookkeeper for a Baltimore-based marijuana trafficking ring, Jerome Castle kept careful notes on his organization’s expenses in a red spiral-bound notebook, using coded language to refer to major […]
Ravenell’s defense in racketeering trial centers on missing money
The defense lawyer for Baltimore attorney Kenneth W. Ravenell posed a question to jurors in his opening statement Wednesday: If Ravenell received millions of dollars in drug proceeds from a […]
4th Circuit upholds Gun Trace Task Force convictions
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld the federal racketeering and robbery convictions and 18-year sentences of two former members of an elite Baltimore police unit, which was later shown […]











