ANNAPOLIS — The fruit of a third of the work done by state agencies, organizations and fisheries to restore the oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay is being stolen through illegal harvesting, according to biologists who research oyster beds in ...

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(UPDATE: Later in 2011, an Anne Arundel County judge reversed this conviction. Click here to read that story.) The son of Maryland Minority Contractors Association President Arnold M. Jolivet has been convicted of theft for charging more than $4,000 in ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A legislative audit released last week uncovered about $71,000 of likely fraudulent purchase card charges by an unnamed Department of Natural Resources employee. The audit was released on April 1. The Department of Legislative Services started its audit ...

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WASHINGTON — A former school official in Maryland who had oversight of her district’s federal funds for low-income students is accused of using tens of thousands of dollars to buy computers, video game consoles and other electronics for herself and ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former Ohio State quarterback whose NFL career was derailed by a gambling addiction has been charged with stealing more than $1 million from an Ohio woman. Art Schlichter was charged with theft Monday in Franklin County ...

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WASHINGTON — A former government subcontractor is being sent to prison for stealing $1.8 million to fund her extravagant lifestyle from the agency that seeks cures to life-threatening illnesses. Nicole Shantelle Smith was sentenced to 20 months after pleading guilty ...

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Maryland officials for the last seven years have used inmates to process Social Security numbers and other personal information from low-income residents receiving medical benefits, a state audit revealed. And prisoners with a history of fraud or theft were not ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Annapolis Mayor Josh Cohen has initiated new security measures at City Hall after more than $150,000 in checks and cash were stolen from a vault in June. The city announced Thursday that Annapolis police found a suspect in ...

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Sirius XM Radio Inc. has filed a civil suit against two of its former employees, claiming they embezzled at least half a million dollars between 2005 and 2008. The New York-based satellite radio company, formed by the 2007 merger of ...

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The criminal trial of a Towson lawyer accused of stealing money from four of his clients has been postponed. Peter M. Callegary, whose case was scheduled for Tuesday, will now go to trial Jan. 27 in Baltimore County Circuit Court. ...

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