State News

Former Georgia Attorney Pleads Guilty to Multi-Million Dollar Real Estate Ponzi Scheme

July 9, 2009 U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia

Steven H. Ballard, 53, of McDonough, Georgia pleadedguilty today in federal district court to committing a real estate investment scam thatlasted over five and a half years and defrauded over a dozen victims in Georgia, Floridaand Tennessee.

Former University of Georgia Football Star and NFL Player Charged With Mortgage Fraud

June 10, 2009 | U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia

Edmund A. Booth, Jr. United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, announced that the federal grand jury sitting in Savannah has returned a twenty-two-count indictment against Arthur James Marshall, Jr. charging him with fraud and money laundering in his real estate ventures.