USA v. Beard

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:20-cr-00351

Court:

Georgia Northern

Nature of Suit:

Judge:

Steve C. Jones

Firms

  1. April 09, 2024

    Former Atlanta CFO Pleads Guilty To Stealing City Funds

    The city of Atlanta's former chief financial officer, Jim Beard, has pled guilty in a federal case alleging he obstructed an Internal Revenue Service audit and stole thousands of dollars in city funds to use for personal travel and the purchase of two custom-built machine guns.

  2. July 10, 2023

    Ex-Atlanta Exec Says Machine Guns Don't Belong At Trial

    Atlanta's former CFO has told a Georgia federal judge that jurors could have an extreme and emotional reaction to two machine guns he is accused of buying for himself with city money as part of a wider fraud scheme, urging the denial of prosecutors' request to display the firearms at trial.

  3. January 25, 2023

    Ex-Atlanta CFO Can't Cut Fraud, Tax Case

    A Georgia federal judge has denied several pretrial motions by a former chief financial officer for the city of Atlanta to, among other things, dismiss counts in a case alleging tax crimes, theft from the government and illegal possession of machine guns.

  4. September 16, 2020

    Former Atlanta CFO Charged With Fraud, Obstructing IRS Audit

    A former chief financial officer for the city of Atlanta has been charged with tax crimes, theft from the government and illegal possession of machine guns, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.