Department of Housing & Community Development v. Hoffman

KRAUSER, Judge.

Arthur Hoffman, appellee, was employed as an real estate appraiser by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (“the Department”), appellant. That employment ended when the Department learned from a recent decision of this Court, Hoffman v. Stamper, 155 Md. App. 247, 843 A.2d 153 (2004) (Hoffman I),1 that Hoffman had participated in a “flipping”2 scheme, before he joined the Department. The scheme involved fraud and conspiracy to defraud, as well as violations of the Consumer Protection Act3 and “ethical codes and uniform standards governing appraisers.” Id.…