Former Baltimore City Council President Nick J. Mosby is reinventing himself as a provider of both addiction support services and upscale real estate development, working as an executive for the same nonprofit that hired Marilyn Mosby, his ex-wife and former Baltimore state’s attorney, while she was on home detention.

He is also branching into government relations and taking a director’s seat at Associated Black Charities, while defending himself from another lawsuit for unpaid credit card bills.

In an online bio prepared for the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission (where he was appointed a commissioner by Governor Wes Moore), Mosby said he is now serving as vice president of operations for God’s Love Outreach Ministries, or G.L.O.M. Global.

The California-based nonprofit hired Marilyn Mosby as its director of global strategic planning last October while she was serving a one-year sentence of home detention following her perjury and mortgage fraud convictions. (On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit overturned the mortgage conviction on a technicality, while affirming her two perjury convictions.)

It appears that the two Mosbys, once considered the city’s premier power couple (who divorced in 2023) will work together to convince local governments and state administrators to empower G.L.O.M. to provide drug treatment facilities, transitional housing and other community services.

In addition, G.L.O.M. claims on its website to be breaking ground next year on a luxury retail, restaurant and office complex on the 600 block of West North Avenue – land recently acquired by MCB Real Estate, developer of the adjacent Reservoir Square property.

Mosby advocated for the Reservoir Square project as City Council president, approving a deal to provide $16 million in public money upfront to the developer, then lease the 63,000-square-foot building for the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development (MOED) for the next 30 years.

It is unclear how G.L.O.M’s purported project fits in with MCB’s announced plans to build a mid-sized Streets Market store on the 600 block North Avenue site. City records do not indicate any connection between G.L.O.M.’s and MCB’s plans.

Mosby did not respond to questions from The Brew, which also has not received an immediate reply from MCB.

Coming to Maryland

It is not clear whether G.L.O.M. is currently doing business in Baltimore or Maryland.

Last summer the nonprofit registered as an out-of-state corporation and, more recently, it received preliminary accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARP) for adult outpatient behavioral health treatment services.

Its website says that, in addition to California, it is “now opening facilities [in] Maryland, Michigan, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas and Georgia” as well as developing a franchising network to reach 39 more states.

Shortly before the group hired Marilyn Mosby last fall, its CEO, Rev. Allen S. Turner, posted photos of himself with Gov. Moore, saying they had met at “a private ball” in Baltimore that showcased “our commitment to strong leadership and collaboration in our community.”

Moore’s spokesman confirmed the authenticity of the photos but declined to say where or why the two met, saying the event was not at a public venue. Election board records show that Turner donated $1,000 to Moore’s campaign committee on September 10, 2024.

Fueled by the Covid pandemic and California’s homeless crisis, G.L.O.M. expanded rapidly with government contracts to run treatment facilities and transitional housing in and around Oakland and Sacramento.

Revenues ballooned from $499,000 to $14.5 million at the same time the nonprofit got poor financial marks from California regulators.

Revenues ballooned from $499,000 in 2018 to $14.5 million in 2021, according to 990 statements filed with the IRS. At the same time, the nonprofit has been plagued by rocky finances, with a history of lawsuits for nonpayment of rent and supplies.

In a 2023 licensing review by the California Department of Social Services, G.L.O.M. was faulted for relying on the advance sales of receivables to fund its operations. “As a whole, the organization does not maintain sufficient cash reserves to ensure provision of care and supervision to clients,” the review said, noting that “as of March 2023, licensee’s reserves represent only 1.27% of the required amount.”

The report further noted that the “licensee did not provide all requested documents (to allow validation of reported amounts). In addition, it appears licensee did not report all of the organization’s liabilities (e.g., SBA loan and EDD lien).”

Other Business Ventures

In his online bio, Nick Mosby also disclosed that he is the CEO of Allegiance Intel Group LLC, a Baltimore-based government relations and business development firm. In a LinkedIn statement, Mosby describes his goals as follows:

“I am a policy strategist, business developer and government relations expert with a focus on building strategic partnerships between public and private sectors. As a business and government connector and community builder, I foster collaboration to drive impactful policies, meaningful economic development, and business growth. I’m passionate about creating solutions that empower communities and support sustainable results. Let’s connect and explore opportunities to collaborate.”

Mosby was a divisive figure during his term as City Council president and was a subject of a federal criminal investigation that led to his wife’s indictment in 2022 on charges of perjury, lying about her finances to make an early retirement withdrawal, and submitting a false $5,000 gift letter, allegedly from her husband, to purchase a vacation home at Longboat Key, Florida.

Losing his bid for a second term, Mosby left office last December. In February, he was sued by JP Morgan Chase for nonpayment of $12,000 in credit card bills. The case was settled shortly after he became a State Lottery commissioner.

On July 2, Capital One Bank sued Mosby in Baltimore District Court for additional credit card debt.

Mosby also continues to lag behind in paying water bills on his residence in Reservoir Hill.

A perennial late payer (here and here), Mosby partially paid his bill following a recent Brew story. His property is currently $751.11 in arrears, according to Department of Public Works records.

While president of the City Council, Mosby denounced “big business” for not paying city water bills and vowed to use “legislative oversight to force accountability in billing.”