A member of the Atlanta Housing Authority leadership is accused of fraud, improperly getting government housing and pandemic relief funds, according to a Monday press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Georgia.
Tracy Denise Jones, a senior vice president at the Atlanta Housing Authority, has been charged with fraudulently collecting Section 8 housing assistance payments for her own rental property and family members. She is also accused of making fraudulent applications for pandemic relief funds. The allegations suggest she improperly obtained more than $36,000 in Section 8 funds and more than $27,000 from COVID-19 relief programs.
“A longtime senior executive of one of the largest housing authorities in the nation, Jones was entrusted to deliver vast sums of government assistance to our community’s neediest members,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. “But Jones allegedly exploited a variety of assistance programs and chose to line her own pockets using an alternate identity, multiple business entities, a false affidavit, and a cadre of associates willing to lie on her behalf.”…