Nick Mosby, the newest member of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission, has been hit with a credit card lawsuit.

JPMorgan Chase Bank filed the action in District Court, asserting that the former Baltimore City Council president and ex-state delegate owes $12,083 in delinquent credit card payments.

The February 18 filing came on the same day that Governor Wes Moore nominated Mosby to fill a five-year term on the Lottery Commission, which oversees more than $6 billion in yearly lottery, casino and sports wagering operations, sets regulations and reviews contracts in conjunction with the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency.

On March 14, the State Senate approved his appointment by a 34-11 vote, with all affirmative votes coming from Democrats.

Asked if Gov. Moore was aware of the lawsuit during the month-long period between Mosby’s nomination and confirmation, his spokesman Carter Elliott IV declined to comment.

“I don’t think I’m going to have anything on this,” Elliott emailed back.

Speaking at a hearing prior to the Senate vote, Mosby dismissed his history of fraught finances, which included a $45,000 federal tax lien, delinquent student loans and unreported campaign contributions, saying, “There’s nothing that I’ve done in the past” that amounts to “fraud, waste, abuse or corruption in my personal life or as a member of this body or the City Council.”

He insisted such troubles were behind him.

“Obviously, the media would like to talk about stuff that took place in my mid-30s, more than a decade ago. I think that absolutely has nothing to do about my being right and ready to serve in this position,” he said.

Documents filed with the lawsuit, however, show that Mosby’s credit card debt grew while he was president of the City Council, earning between $125,000 and $137,000 a year.

According to the documents, Mosby made occasional minimal card payments, but also overstretched his credit limit before his term in public office ended last December.

The Brew reported last week that, for the third time in five years, Mosby was behind on his residential water bill, owing Baltimore City $1,047.93.

Yesterday Mosby made a $600 payment on his bill, according to online Department of Public Works records.

Marilyn Mosby Lawsuit

Meanwhile, his ex-wife, former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, has been separately sued for credit card debt.

In a lawsuit filed last month, Bank of America says she is $26,305.39 in arrears.

According to bank documents, Mosby – now on home detention following her conviction on federal perjury and mortgage fraud charges – owed thousands on her credit card when she was state’s attorney and hasn’t made any payments in the past 12 months.

Last October while on home detention, Mosby was hired as director of global strategic planning for God’s Love Outreach Ministries (GLOM Global), which operates halfway houses and substance abuse facilities in northern California and wants to expand into Maryland.

The group’s leader, Dr. Allen Turner, previously met with Gov. Moore and contributed $1,000 to his campaign fund.

Mosby’s new job, at an undisclosed salary, involves lobbying state and local officials on behalf of GLOM and to travel out-of-state with the permission of U.S. District Court Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby.

Griggsby has sealed Mosby’s recent travel requests, making them not viewable on the public docket.

Apparently one such request will allow the former prosecutor to participate as the keynote speaker at a conference in Atlanta this weekend.

The March 28-30 event, sponsored by The Fortitude Collective, features Mosby as “a trailblazer, truth teller and fearless advocate” who fights for justice and challenges the status quo.

The Fortitude Collective is headed by Jacia T. Smith, chief of staff for Baltimore Recreation & Parks Director Reginald Moore and a contributor to Mosby’s unsuccessful bid for a third term as state’s attorney in 2022.

Last October, the group’s legal status was forfeited by the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation for failure to pay fees and/or file a required personal property report.

Neither of the Mosbys have responded to the lawsuits, which are scheduled for the same hearing date in September.