“We think we've identified over 1,500 421-a buildings that are out of compliance with the rent stabilization laws,” said Aaron Carr, executive director at watchdog group Housing Rights Initiative. “Whether you're a tenant or a taxpayer you should be up in arms about this.”
Jonathan Mickle, 43, a former Taneytown resident and COO of Quantell, Inc. and Intaset Technologies Corporation, now residing in Asheville, N.C., pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges for conspiring with the companies' controlling officers Shaun and Joanne Tucker, to illegally obtain millions of dollars in federal contracts for the companies and defraud the employees of the companies of health and welfare benefits. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine or