Posted on 10/07/2021 12:35:32 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s former chief of staff, Roy McGrath, was indicted Tuesday on federal fraud and embezzlement charges.
The Baltimore Sun reports:
McGrath, 52, served as the governor’s chief of staff for 11 weeks in the summer of 2020, resigning just days after The Baltimore Sun reported that he’d negotiated a lucrative payout when he left his prior state job.
It was subsequently revealed that as McGrath departed the environmental service to head Hogan’s staff he led the service’s board members to believe the $233,650 payout had the governor’s blessing. He also was paid more than $55,000 in expense reimbursements shortly after he left.
The indictment says McGrath “falsely represented that the Governor knew of McGrath’s request to the MES Board of Directors for a ‘severance payment’ in the amount of his yearly salary as MES Executive Director.”
Further, the indictment states a board member sent a text message to McGrath to confirm that Hogan signed off on the payment. “Hi, the HR committee wants to make sure that the governor would be OK with you receiving severance equal to one year’s pay,” the board member wrote. “They are worried about the optics and don’t want to do anything to make the Governor look bad. I told them that I thought the governor was aware and was OK with it. Correct?”
“It’s anticipated, yes,” Hogan’s former top aide replied.
Thomas Sobocinski, who leads the FBI’s Baltimore field office, called McGrath’s alleged behavior “self-serving and ultimately self-sabotaging.”
State Prosecutor Charlton Howard said McGrath faces up to 20 years in federal prison for each of the four counts of wire fraud. Additionally, he faces up to 10 years in jail for each of two embezzlement counts along with five-year sentences for theft charges and for each breach of Maryland’s Wiretap rules.
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Looks like hogan thought he would be in the clear if bowed down to the dems. dems don’t play that when it comes to having an (r) after your name.
When you are a Republican, “embezzlement” means a severance payment. Meanwhile, if you are a Democrat you can sell favors to Russia and China to the tune of 7, 8 and 9-figure payoffs with no repercussions. And relatives with no prior art experience are suddenly able to create paintings worth half a million dollars.
Dan bongino is laughing at this clown!
You have that correct.
bmp
“O Maryland, my Maryland “ 🎼🎶🎵🎶. Same as ever.
bmp
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