Ex-Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's mortgage fraud charge dropped by federal prosecutors

Jessica Baugh and Christopher Scarglato, Baltimore Sun on Oct 14, 2026

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BALTIMORE — Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby can keep a Florida vacation home at the center of her criminal case after the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland decided not to pursue a retrial on a count of mortgage fraud, according to court documents filed Wednesday.

Mosby was previously sentenced in May 2024 to three years of supervised release for perjury and mortgage fraud, with a judge ordering her to forfeit her Florida home.

As a result, Mosby completed a yearlong sentence of home detention, according to a judge’s order. However, on Wednesday the court dismissed the count of mortgage fraud with prejudice, indicating it will not re-try her for the same charge.

Mosby’s conviction on perjury charges is not affected by the withdrawal. When contacted by The Baltimore Sun, Mosby declined to comment.

A federal appeals court in July 2025 later vacated her mortgage fraud conviction while upholding two separate perjury convictions. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled 2-1 that Mosby’s mortgage fraud case had been improperly tried in Maryland.

The court said the jury received “erroneous instruction” about the proper venue for the case, reversing the conviction and the federal government’s seizure of her Florida condo.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear her appeal on perjury convictions, leaving them both in place.

The former Baltimore state’s attorney had asked the high court to review the court of appeals’ decision upholding her convictions tied to two withdrawals from her city retirement account during the coronavirus pandemic.

Mosby purchased the home in Sarasota, Florida, for $476,000 in 2021, according to Sarasota County property records. That year, the property was assessed at a taxable value of $381,000. Property records describe the condo as having 1,400 square feet of living space, with two bedrooms and two bathrooms.

Public records associated with her condo’s homeowner’s association indicate Mosby is the association’s secretary. Mosby declined to confirm or deny when a Sun reporter reached her by phone.

Mosby purchased the Longboat Key home in 2020 from the Mustard Group, a UK and European real estate company, Sarasota County property records show.

The mortgage fraud charge stemmed from an earlier Florida real estate purchase by Mosby, which federal prosecutors alleged she bought using false loan information. According to the indictment against her, Mosby was delinquent on a federal lien for $45,022, but stated on the mortgage application she was not.

Mosby previously owned an 8-bedroom, 4,000-square-foot rental property in Kissimmee, Florida. She purchased it in 2020 and sold the property Nov. 2, 2021, per the Osceola County Florida Clerk of Courts records. The sales price was $696,000, according to MLS data, nearly 30% more than the $545,000 she paid for it in September 2020.

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