Kara DiPietro became operating chief of fleet management, a $96 million division of Baltimore government, despite a history of not paying business loans and bankruptcy. Earlier this month, she was indicted for fraudulently obtaining $2.8 million in PPP loans.

BCFD gave retroactive pay to promoted employees months – and sometimes years – before their start date, Inspector General Isabel Cumming says in a newly issued report.

For the third time in nine days, the high court has dismissed filings aimed at blocking the waste and corruption watchdog’s access to city records.