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Atlanta Public School Officials Indicted on Racketeering Charges

April 1, 2013
On Friday a Fulton County Grand Jury delivered an indictment against 35 Atlanta Public Schools officials, which included charges against former APS Superintendent Beverly Hall.  Page Pate was asked to comment about the indictment on WABE FM 90.1, Atlanta’s NPR affiliate. The charges stem from a massive scandal involving cheating on standardized tests by both […]

Alabama Construction Company to Pay $1.5 Million for Government Contract Fraud

March 29, 2013
The Department of Justice announced on Monday that Alabama construction company Caddell Construction has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle allegations that it filed false claims federal government in connection with construction contracts with the Army Corps of Engineers. Two Caddell executives—the former president and director of business development—are facing federal criminal …

Lacey Act Indictments Continue to Increase in Federal Court

March 19, 2013
Last week, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of eight men from across the U.S. on charges of violations of the Lacey Act, a federal law that prohibits the trade in protected animal and plant species. The government claims in four separate indictments that the defendants— Petr Babenko, Felix Baravik, Dmitri Elitchev, Arkadiy Lvovskiy, […]

Our firm represents former Magistrate Court Judge in federal investigation

February 21, 2013
Page Pate, Atlanta trial lawyer, represents former Murray County magistrate in federal investigation.

Recent Federal Tax Fraud Prosecutions in Georgia

February 11, 2013
On Friday, two more Georgians were arrested on federal charges of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to defraud the government stemming from an alleged tax fraud scheme. These arrests are just two of many recent tax fraud prosecutions in both federal and state courts in Georgia. Kevin Joseph Sonnier and Bernardo Davis, both […]

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