Former Baltimore Mayor Sentenced to Three Years in Prison over Children’s Book Fraud Scheme. Katherine Pugh must have thought she was Hillary.
U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow called Pugh’s crimes “astounding” and ordered her to pay hundreds of thousands in fines to the medical system and other entities who purchased her books.
“I have yet frankly to hear any explanation that makes sense,” the judge said. “This was not a tiny mistake, lapse of judgment. This became a very large fraud. The nature and circumstances of this offense clearly I think are extremely, extremely serious.”
