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Federal Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for Tuesday May 14, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Releases First Impact Report
ATLANTA, Georgia, May 14 (TNSres) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news on May 13, 2024: Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) has issued the company's inaugural Impact Report, highlighting the Bank's 2023 initiatives supporting affordable housing and community development, corporate giving, and workplace culture. "The roots of FHLBank Atlanta run deep and our role has expanded since we were estab  more

Ga. U.S. Attorney: Former Diversity Program Manager at Facebook and Nike Sentenced to Federal Prison for $5 Million Fraud
ATLANTA, Georgia, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Barbara Furlow-Smiles, a former diversity program manager at Facebook and Nike, has been sentenced for stealing more than $5 million based on an elaborate scheme involving fraudulent vendors, fictitious paperwork, and cash kickbacks. "Furlow-Smiles shamelessly violated her position of trust as a DEI executive at Facebook to steal millions from the company utilizin  more

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia: Georgia Inmate, Leader of Methamphetamine Conspiracy, Pleads Guilty
ABINGDON, Virginia, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release: The leader of a wide-ranging methamphetamine conspiracy, who was incarcerated in Georgia at the time, pled guilty last week in U.S. District Court to federal drug charges. Christopher David Johnson, 46, pled guilty last week to one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute and to distributing 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. At sentencing  more

White House Announces 2 Bills Being Signed Into Law on May 13, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The White House issued the following news release: * * * On Monday, May 13, 2024, the President signed into law: H.R. 593, which renames the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Hinesville, Georgia, as the John Gibson, Dan James, William Sapp, and Frankie Smiley VA Clinic; Thank you to Representative Carter and the Georgia delegation for their leadership; and * * * H.R. 1042, the "Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act," which prohibits  more