ATLANTA, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Atlanta Field Office issued the following press release:
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Four Georgia men who conspired to defraud taxpayers by unlawfully claiming millions in pandemic relief funds designed to help small businesses and workers have been sentenced to prison following a National Fraud Enforcement Division investigation that stemmed from Operation Sweet Silence, a major organized crime takedown in Columbus.
"Stopping fraud and protecting taxpayer resources is a central mission for this office and DOJ," said U.S. Attorney William R. "Will" Keyes. "This multimillion-dollar pandemic fraud was uncovered during Operation Sweet Silence, a coordinated law enforcem...