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Baltimore Senator Indicted for Extortion and Conspiracy

10/31/2025

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Baltimore City State Senator Dalya Attar has been indicted on federal charges of extortion and conspiracy, unsealed on October 30.
The indictment alleges Attar, her brother, and a police officer recorded two individuals to silence them and threatened to release footage.
The scheme began in January 2020 and involved tracking devices and hidden cameras.
Attar, the first Orthodox Jewish woman in the Maryland Senate, said she will share her side.

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Baltimore City State Senator Dalya Attar has been indicted on federal charges of extortion and conspiracy, unsealed on October 30.
The indictment alleges Attar, her brother, and a police officer recorded two individuals to silence them and threatened to release footage.
The scheme began in January 2020 and involved tracking devices and hidden cameras.
Attar, the first Orthodox Jewish woman in the Maryland Senate, said she will share her side.