A former senior vice president at the Atlanta Housing Authority has been sentenced to federal prison after her involvement in a yearslong housing assistance and pandemic relief fraud scheme.
Tracy Denise Jones, 61, was sentenced to nine months in prison on May 20, to be followed by nine months of home detention and 15 months of supervised release. She is also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $65,598.80 and a fine of $63,546.
“Jones violated the trust of the community, the taxpayers, and the needy families she was supposed to assist, using her senior position at one of the largest housing authorities to steal limited public funds,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg in a May 22 release. “Her theft of that money meant other members of the community went without much-needed relief. Our office will continue to vigorously act to hold people like Jones, who violate the public trust and pilfer from the treasury, accountable.”
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