Catherine Pugh Got Served!

Catherine Pugh, the former mayor of Baltimore could face six years in federal time out for a corruption scandal involving her children's book. She urged companies doing business with Baltimore to buy her books.

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Now, ex-mayor of Baltimore Catherine Pugh is facing time in federal time out.

Federal prosecutors recommended the maximum serving of 57 months in federal time out. Pugh pleaded guilty in November to federal conspiracy and tax evasion charges.

Healthy Holly is a good children's book. The former mayor of Baltimore wrote the book to encourage healthy lifestyle in children. However, the promotion and distribution of her books became a scandal.

Pugh was elected to be Baltimore city's mayor from 2016 until 2019, sold thousands of copies of her self-published children's book "Healthy Holly" series to health care companies and charitable organizations with the promise that the books would be donated to schoolchildren -- but it's unclear where the books ended up at.

She only had up to 8,216 copies listed in her inventory and gave another 35,000 copies away -- yet she was able to resell nearly 135,000 copies for nearly $1 million in revenues. The feds believe that she used connections in the city to pressure companies to take her book.

Prosecutors says Pugh, the former Democratic mayor, would sell pre-paid copies of the same set of books to two different buyers, meaning she was paid twice. She was accused of keeping the books nd the cash used to by the books but failing to deliver the books or getting them printed in time.\\

She sold the books to companies that wanted business contracts. She used some of the books revenue to boost her career.

Baltimore City Hall has been rocked before. It continues to strive despite the controversies.

Upon the federal investigation, Pugh reduced her role as mayor and handed power over to Bernard C. Young (known as C. Jack Young). He would strip her title away and the city voted no confidence in her leadership.

Upon the indictment, Pugh would resign and formally be booked in Baltimore city lockup.

She had her computers, books, phones and passport seized. She was forced to sell her properties to pay for the hefty get out free card.

Pugh's attorneys are hoping to secure a short bid in federal time out. She is hoping to get a year and a day in federal time out.

This one of the many white collar crimes that taken down powerful leaders. She didn't ask a foreign country to help her win. She's not Donald J. Trump.