USA v. Beard
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1:20-cr-00351
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August 28, 2024
Atlanta's Ex-CFO Gets 3 Years For 'Triple-Dipping' In Coffers
Atlanta's former chief financial officer became the latest city hall official to head to prison on corruption charges Tuesday, after getting hit with a three-year prison sentence for what prosecutors called a "triple-dipping" scheme into city coffers to pay for swanky vacations and illegal firearms.
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August 26, 2024
Feds Want Prison For Ex-Atlanta CFO Who Stole City Funds
The former chief financial officer for the city of Atlanta who admitted to stealing city money and obstructing an IRS audit should spend at least about three years in prison, federal prosecutors argued ahead of his sentencing, saying he has been uncooperative since pleading guilty.
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April 09, 2024
Former Atlanta CFO Pleads Guilty To Stealing City Funds
The city of Atlanta's former chief financial officer, Jim Beard, has pled guilty in a federal case alleging he obstructed an Internal Revenue Service audit and stole thousands of dollars in city funds to use for personal travel and the purchase of two custom-built machine guns.
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July 10, 2023
Ex-Atlanta Exec Says Machine Guns Don't Belong At Trial
Atlanta's former CFO has told a Georgia federal judge that jurors could have an extreme and emotional reaction to two machine guns he is accused of buying for himself with city money as part of a wider fraud scheme, urging the denial of prosecutors' request to display the firearms at trial.
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January 25, 2023
Ex-Atlanta CFO Can't Cut Fraud, Tax Case
A Georgia federal judge has denied several pretrial motions by a former chief financial officer for the city of Atlanta to, among other things, dismiss counts in a case alleging tax crimes, theft from the government and illegal possession of machine guns.
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September 16, 2020
Former Atlanta CFO Charged With Fraud, Obstructing IRS Audit
A former chief financial officer for the city of Atlanta has been charged with tax crimes, theft from the government and illegal possession of machine guns, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.