Claims under Georgia’s Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act aren’t usually associated with public school educators. Organized criminals, or mobsters as they might be depicted in Hollywood films, might be the more typical defendants. Although it may be hard to believe, a group of Atlanta elementary school teachers are facing trial under RICO charges. Specifically, […]

Not every federal crime in Georgia involves violence. Allegations of white-collar crimes can also be made, with significant penalties if the accused is convicted. Fifty-four people have been charged in an alleged fraud scheme involving food stamps and Georgia’s Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) program vouchers. According to the federal indictment, the alleged participants would […]

Federal investigators will sometimes spend years piecing together evidence. That could be what has happened in the case of the former leader of the Hindu Temple of Georgia. Prosecutors claim the man committed credit card fraud against worshippers who frequented the now defunct Temple. They also accuse him of filing a false income tax return […]

Although it hasn’t received a lot of attention in Atlanta media, a former University of Georgia student employee is accused of stealing fellow students’ financial information and using it to make illegal purchases. He faces 32 financial identity fraud counts and 19 charges of financial transaction card fraud, law enforcement officials said. The 20-year-old faces […]