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Baltimore City’s Comptroller Joan Pratt is accused of voting to give city-owned lots to the church she belongs to.

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The Office of Inspector General found that Pratt had a conflict of interest when voting yes back in 2017 to sell 15 vacant lots, valued at $1,000 each, for $1 apiece to Bethel AME Church.

Pratt has been a member of Bethel AME since 1976.

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The lots, which had been vacant for over a decade, are situated between 1301 and 1325 Etting Street and 505 and 509 West Lafayette Street in the Upton community.

Read More: CBS Baltimore 

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OIG: Comptroller Joan Pratt Voted Yes To Sell Lots to Church Despite Conflict Of Interest  was originally published on wolbbaltimore.com