Date: 10-23-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. Maimouna Bagayoki

Case Number: 1:23-CR-265

Judge: George Levi Russell, III

Court: United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Baltimore County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office in Baltimore

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Description:

Baltimore, Maryland wire fraud and receipt of stolen motor vehicles bound for ilegal shipment of West Africa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.

Maimouna Bagayoki, age 54, of Owings Mills, Maryland, worked with others to bring stolen luxury vehicles into Maryland where they would be loaded onto large cargo shipping containers and taken to the Port of Baltimore. Then, using fraudulent documentation and paperwork, Bagayoko concealed the containers’ contents – Bagayoko emailed and texted the fake documents to the shipping company. The shipping containers were bound for West Africa. The value of the vehicles that were recovered was over $650,000, most of which were stolen from the homes of victims living in New Jersey and New York.

United States Attorney Erek L. Barron commended the HSI, CBP, Baltimore City Police and Baltimore County Police for their work in the investigation. Mr. Barron thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Colleen Elizabeth McGuinn, who prosecuted the federal case.

Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 42 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release.

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