A federal judge has set a bond for a woman accused of swindling more than $2 million from investors in an alleged Ponzi scheme. The granting of bond comes after a prior judge refused to set bond The Macon Telegraph has the story. Saundra McKinney Pyles, 52, and Gary Sheldon Hutcheson, 56, are accused of […]
U.S. Marshals arrested two Macon residents in Colorado on Tuesday for their involvement in a Ponzi scheme which took in over $2 million. The Macon Telegraph has the story. Federal authorities have charged both Gary Hutcheson and Saundra McKinney Pyles with five counts of mail fraud and five counts of money laundering in connection with […]
On Monday, Robert Price Copeland, a Marietta Georgia lawyer, pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges in connection with a $28 million Ponzi scheme. The government alleges that the scheme defrauded over 125 people. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story. The 48 year old was accused of scamming victims across the nation from 2004 […]
Another mortgage fraud conviction in Atlanta, and another lengthy sentence. In federal court last Friday, Joseph Sterling Jetton received a 14 year prison sentence and was ordered to pay over $11 million in restitution. The Macon Georgia Telegraph has the story. Our criminal defense lawyers have handled many mortgage fraud cases in Atlanta and other […]
Georgia State Rep.Ron Sailor, Jr. pleaded guilty this week to federal money laundering charges in Atlanta. All the local news media covered the story. (The picture on the left is Sailor and his Atlanta criminal defense lawyer Bruce Maloy.) Bill Rankin provides a good summary of the investigation and the plea in the Atlanta Journal […]