Former Georgia State Rep. Tyrone Brooks Has Pleaded Guilty To Tax, Mail, And Wire Fraud

 

Former Georgia State Rep. Tyrone Brooks Has Pleaded
Guilty To Tax, Mail, And Wire Fraud

BHR Hollywood Reports..........Civil rights leader and former Georgia State Rep. Tyrone Brooks will have to serve time in prison.

Tyrone Brooks, an Atlanta Democrat, pleaded guilty in April to one count of filing a false tax document and no contest to five counts of mail and wire fraud.

 Brooks told U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg on Friday he should have used proper accounting.

Tyrone Brooks 

Prosecutors have asked Totenberg for a two-year prison sentence. Brooks' lawyers sought five years' probation, citing his years of dedicated civil rights work.

 

Tyrone Brooks Pleading Guilty to Fraud Charges 

Three and a half days of testimony concluded Friday, and lawyers for both sides made closing arguments.

Totenberg said she needed the weekend to think about the case and would sentence Brooks on Monday.

Brooks has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison.

The longtime state lawmaker resigned his seat earlier this year after pleading guilty to a count of filing a false tax document and no contest to five counts of mail and wire fraud.