FORMER SBA AND IRS EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR TAKING BRIBES IN $3.5 MILLION COVID FRAUD SCHEME

ATLANTA, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Atlanta Field Office issued the following press release:

ATLANTA - Attallah Williams, a former U.S. Small Business Administration and Internal Revenue Service employee, has been sentenced to federal prison for taking bribes to submit and approve more than $3.5 million in fraudulent pandemic relief payments.

"Williams misused her public office to steal taxpayer money intended to promote employment during a national crisis, and she deepened her fraud by recruiting accomplices through Instagram," said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. "We will continue to work tirelessly to uncover and hold accountable those who violate the public's trust and loot the tre...