Alleged Mastermind of $165 Million Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Facing Federal Charges after Deportation from Fiji

After allegedly perpetrating a $165 million Ponzi scheme, fleeing to Fiji, and being deported back to the United States, Edward Zimbardi...

Multi-Time Felon Who Received 2024 Commutation for Fentanyl Trafficking Nabbed in Large Fentanyl Seizure

Walter Lee Muhammad, a multi-convicted drug trafficker whose 2020 sentence for fentanyl trafficking was commuted by former President Joe Biden in...

Drive Planning Fraudsters Sentenced to Federal Prison for Operating Massive $380 Million Ponzi Scheme

A federal judge handed down the maximum sentence to Todd Burkhalter, founder of Alpharetta-based Drive Planning, after he defrauded more than...

GBI Arrests Former Coweta County Sheriff’s Office Deputy for Child Molestation

The GBI has arrested and charged former Coweta County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Deputy Mike McGuffey, age 59, of Newnan, GA, with...

Atlanta Man Convicted of Laundering Over $2.7 Million Stolen from Victims of Online Fraud

Following an eight-day trial, a federal jury convicted Babajide Adesayo of laundering over $2.7 million obtained from victims of romance fraud...

ICE Operation Safe Community – Atlanta nets more than 1,200 arrests in Georgia

Enhanced immigration enforcement operation results in 1, 226 illegal aliens arrested in Georgia

GBI Arrests Former Polk County Police Officer for Misuse of a License Plate Reader System

The GBI has arrested and charged former Polk County Police Department Officer Tracey Royston, age 51, of Cedartown, Georgia, with four...

GBI Arrests Former Ogeechee Circuit District Attorney’s Office Investigator for Stalking and Misuse of a License Plate Reader System

The GBI has arrested and charged Andrae Wright, age 44, of Statesboro, GA, with Misuse of a License Plate Reader System,...

Former CPA Sentenced to Federal Prison for Laundering Funds Stolen from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Ronald Deabler was sentenced to serve four years in prison following his federal conviction for conspiring to launder $5.3 million of...

Colt Gray Pleads Guilty to All 55 Charges in Apalachee High School Shooting

Colt Gray, the teenager accused in the 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School in Barrow County, pleaded guilty to all 55...