Article: INFORMATION ISSUED BY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR MARYLAND ON FEB. 20: MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION POLICE OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY IN ARSON, INSURANCE FRAUD SCHEME

The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for Maryland issued the following press release:

A police officer for the Maryland Transit Administration ("MTA"), James Walthall, age 41, of Randallstown, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud in connection with a scheme in which he arranged for the burning of a vehicle he owned and two vehicles owned by other MTA employees, in order to avoid repossession and further loan payments, and to have the car insurance companies pay the outstanding loan balances on the vehicles, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein.

United States Attorney Rod Rosenstein said, "James Walthall repeatedly broke ...

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