A former senior executive at the Atlanta Housing Authority has been sentenced to federal prison after prosecutors said she used her position to steal housing assistance funds, pandemic relief money and commit mortgage fraud.
Tracy Denise Jones, 61, of Atlanta, was sentenced May 20, to nine months in prison, followed by nine months of home detention and 15 months of supervised release. She was also ordered to pay $65,598.80 in restitution and a $63,546 fine, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia.
Jones previously pleaded guilty on Feb. 2 to conspiracy to commit theft of government funds, wire fraud and credit application fraud.
Federal prosecutors said Jones, who served since 2017 as senior vice president over the Housing Choice Voucher Program at the Atlanta Housing Authority, used her role overseeing one of the nation’s largest Section 8 programs…
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