A Baltimore County man admitted stealing $417,451 through a series of schemes targeting Maryland contracts and public-benefit programs, then attempting to obtain another $92,672. His schemes stretched from 2020 through 2024 and involved COVID-related cleaning contracts, Port of Baltimore worker-retention grants, unemployment benefits and an attempted state income tax refund. COVID Cleaning Contracts Put His Company Inside the SchemeThe largest part of the case involved cleaning contracts for Maryland Department of Labor facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poindexter pleaded guilty to three counts of procurement fraud and one count of bribery connected to the cleaning contracts. He Pleaded Guilty to Eight ChargesPoindexter entered guilty pleas to three counts of procurement fraud and one bribery count tied to the COVID cleaning contracts.