Sep 19, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On Thursday, September 8, 2022, U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones sentenced a former City of Atlanta executive to 14 years in prison and ordered her to pay $2.9 million in restitution. Mitzi Bickers, 56, was the director of Atlanta’s human services department from...
Sep 5, 2022 | Government Investigations, White Collar Crime
On September 5, 2022, United States District Judge Aileen Cannon, of the Southern District of Florida, issued an Order granting in part former president Donald Trump’s “Motion for Judicial Oversight and Additional Relief.” In that motion, President Trump asked that...
Aug 31, 2022 | White Collar Crime
William Britt is a former Statesboro City Councilman. Notably, he served on the City Council at a time when bars and underage drinking was a topic of controversy for the city. On April 13, Britt stood before Chief Judge Randal Hall of the U.S. District Court for the...
Aug 24, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On August 23, the Department of Justice announced a Tennessee state representative and his former chief of staff were arrested at their homes on criminal charges of conspiracy to commit theft from programs receiving federal funds; bribery and kickbacks concerning...
Aug 17, 2022 | White Collar Crime
With prescription drug abuse on the rise across the nation, there has been an apparent increase in the number of “pill mills” or clinics that prescribe controlled substances with little to no medical reasoning or examination. These clinics attract drug addicts and...
Aug 9, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On August 5, President Biden signed two bills into law that extend to ten years the statute of limitations for civil and criminal enforcement actions for fraud on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL). These are programs...
