OIG: Scammers May Have Targeted City Comp Account

Unknown scammers might have pilfered more than $317,000 from a bank account used to pay work comp claims for Baltimore city workers, according to a report by the city’s inspector general. Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming in a report released Tuesday said money was taken from a bank account for the city’s Law Department between November 2020 and January 2022. According to the report, the city has a contract with a third-party vendor to administer workers’ compensation claims. Each day, a city worker in the Law Department transfers funds from a city bank account to o...