Atlanta City Councilman Indicted for Fraud

by IAG Staff | Jul 31, 2020 | Floating Boats | 0 comments

News came down from U.S. Attorney BJay Pak’s office Wednesday that Atlanta City Councilman Antonio Brown has been indicted on multiple fraud charges, mainly stemming from taking out loans and making major credit card purchases (including $60,000 for a car) and then claiming he was the victim of identity theft and was not responsible for the charges or repaying the loans. Perhaps not the best laid plan, if Brown is found guilty – and recipients of Pak’s indictments usually are – he’s looking at some serious prison time – and his political career is undoubtedly SINKING…

Former Senate leader under investigation

Last week news broke that an ethics investigation into some $630,000 of missing campaign cash belonging to former state Sen. Don Balfour was being dismissed due to a loophole that said too much time had passed since he left office in 2015. Not so fast, said Jake Evans, chairman of the state ethics commission, who this week made the motion to reject that dismissal, reopening an ethics investigation into hundreds of thousands of campaign dollars that by law must be accounted for – leftover money must be returned to donors or donated to other campaigns or non-profits. Now Balfour’s campaign account sits empty, but with no record of where the money went, observers are calling foul play. More to come on this story as it continues to DRIFT…