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Honest Services Wire Fraud

Dirty Cop: Baltimore County Officer Admits To Accepting Bribes For Handgun Licenses: Feds Dirty Cop: Baltimore County Officer Admits To Accepting Bribes For Handgun Licenses: Feds
Dirty Cop: Baltimore County Officer Admits To Accepting Bribes For Handgun Licenses: Feds Federal officials announced that a former Baltimore County Police officer admitted to accepting thousands of dollars worth of bribes and kickbacks in exchange for handgun qualifying licenses they never earned. Baltimore resident William Johnson, Jr., 33, pleaded guilty on Monday, April 3 to a federal charge of honest services wire fraud for falsely certifying applicants for Maryland handgun qualifying licenses and wear and carry permits without proper training. In Maryland, in order to purchase, rent, or receive a handgun, one must have a handgun qualifying license, which required at least…