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Cobb District Attorney to Address Community Initiatives in Town Hall Meeting
By GA News Gazette | Jan 29, 2024
Cobb County District Attorney Flynn D. Broady, Jr. will be hosting a town hall meeting on February 6th in Austell, Georgia. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss enhancing community safety and supporting victims within Cobb County. The event will be held at Destiny World Church and is open to the public.During the town hall meeting, Broady will be addressing various initiatives and programs aimed at improving the criminal justice system and providing support to victims. One of the initiatives that will be highlighted is the Cobb Family Advocacy Center, which recently...
Owner of tax preparation business sentenced to prison for defrauding pandemic relief funding programs
By GA News Gazette | Jan 29, 2024
A Georgia woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding COVID-19 small business relief programs. Gladys Harun, a 44-year-old tax preparer from Byron, Georgia, pleaded guilty to lying to a federal investigator and was ordered to repay over half a million dollars she fraudulently obtained from the programs.Harun used her knowledge as a tax preparer to obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds intended for struggling small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. Attorney Jill E. Steinberg stated, "Such greed-fueled theft from government...
Reappointment of Chief Bankruptcy Judge Laurel Myerson Isicoff, Southern District of Florida
By GA News Gazette | Jun 7, 2019
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is currently considering whether to reappoint Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge Laurel Myerson Isicoff for a new 14-year term of office in the Southern District of Florida at Miami. The current term of Judge Isicoff is set to expire on February 12, 2020.If reappointed, Judge Isicoff would continue to exercise the jurisdiction of a bankruptcy judge as outlined in various statutes, including United States Code title 28, United States Code title 11, and the Bankruptcy Amendment and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984....