According to court documents via The Wrap, Baylor suffers from a kidney condition which makes her more susceptible to contracting the disease.
“In light of the aggressive spread of COVID-19–and the growing risk that the spread, if not slowed, will overwhelm the BOP’s health care system and cause countless more deaths–Ms. Baylor should be immediately released to home detention with whatever conditions this Court may determine,” the motion argued.
Baylor was sentenced to 25 months in prison last fall on conspiracy and securities fraud charges related to an alleged fake investment scheme in 2010. The scheme also saw the Securities and Exchange Commission order her to pay $2.7 million prior to her criminal indictment.
Baylor started serving her sentence in January and was scheduled for an October 26, 2021, release.
In response to Baylor’s motion, prosecutors argued that the court cannot honor her request because she did not first exhaust her administrative options directly through the Bureau of Prisons, according to The Wrap.
As previously reported, the former District of Columbia attorney was sentenced to prison on Thursday, September 12 in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia for operating a fraudulent trading program for investors and failing to file a tax return, according to The United States Department of Justice.
Baylor was sentenced to 25 months in prison for conspiracy and securities fraud, one year of prison (concurrent) for her other fraud convictions and for failure to file a tax return and pay taxes, three years of supervised release, and restitution to her victims in the amount of $2.2 million dollars.
In May 2019, a jury convicted Baylor of one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, one count of securities fraud, and five counts of first-degree fraud under District of Columbia law. In June 2019, Baylor pleaded guilty to one count of willfully failing to timely file a 2010 individual income tax return and to pay taxes.
According to court documents, Baylor, a former partner in the D.C. law firm Baylor & Jackson PLLC, conspired with a Pennsylvania man and his company, the Milan Group, to recruit investors to a purported trading program. Investors were promised extremely large profits in a short time with little or no risk.
The evidence presented at trial showed that in 2010 and 2011, Baylor caused more than $2 million of investor funds to pass through the Baylor & Jackson lawyer trust account. More than half of the investor funds were used for the benefit of Baylor, the Pennsylvania man, the Milan Group, and Baylor & Jackson. Baylor falsely assured investors that the purported trading program was legitimate and had little if any risk. Baylor also falsely told investors that she had personally observed investors successfully complete transactions with the Milan Group. In reality, the Milan Group did not complete any such transactions and did not return any of the investors’ money, according to The United States Department of Justice.
In 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Baylor and others for fraud in connection with the purported trading program. In 2013, Baylor was permanently enjoined from promoting investment programs and ordered to pay disgorgement and a civil penalty.
In 2016, the Washington City Paper reported that Baylor was ordered to pay almost $3 million back in 2013 and as the result of an SEC investigation, and she was disbarred in 2015.
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