Fraud and Scams

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (332+ words) A 20-year-old Georgia man was booked into the Chatham County Detention Center after police say he used artificial intelligence to create fake accounts designed to make phony delivery orders look legitimate. Store managers at a major national retailer noticed something…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (417+ words) Attallah Williams, a former SBA and IRS employee from Hampton, Georgia, gets 78 months for a $3.5 million pandemic relief fraud scheme....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (144+ words) McKeever was first arrested on September 24, 2020, meaning nearly six years passed between her initial arrest and her conviction, per the same Patch account. That kind of gap is not unusual in metro Atlanta, where court backlogs often stretch the time…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (22+ words) Bonding companies that work with the sheriff’s office will never ask for payment via phone, email or any kind of electronic means....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (334+ words) International operation resulted in the recovery of 11 missing children in Georgia Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that his Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit has secured the indictment of Eric Gordon, 36, of Decatur, for the trafficking of a 16-year-old female…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (22+ words) Kadeem Aaron Pierre was charged with identity theft, access device fraud, theft by unlawful taking, theft by deception and receiving stolen property....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (369+ words) A federal judge handed down the maximum sentence to Todd Burkhalter, founder of Alpharetta-based Drive Planning, after he defrauded more than 2,000 investors out of roughly $380 million — reportedly urging some victims to drain their college funds and retirement accounts. Prosecutors say…...