PHOTOS: Atlanta City Hall corruption

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PHOTOS: Atlanta City Hall corruption

The players in the Federal probe of corruption at Atlanta City Hall

Jim Beard, left, the City of Atlanta's former CFO, leaves the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta with Brittany Cambre, right, on Thursday, Sept 17, 2020. Beard ran to a car after entering a plea of not guilty to multiple federal charges. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Then-Mayor Kasim Reed stands at the podium in front of boxes of documents his office released in February 2017 in response to open records requests for information tied to the federal corruption investigation at City Hall. AJC FILE PHOTO

January 7, 2020 Atlanta -A former top Atlanta contracting official Larry Scott (center) walks into the Richard B. Russell Federal Courthouse for his sentencing on Tuesday, January 7, 2020. A former top Atlanta contracting official who admitted to being paid on the sly more than $220,000 over five years to help companies win government contracts -including with the city — is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday morning in federal court. Larry Scott, who managed contract compliance for the city, pleaded guilty in September to wire fraud and filing false tax returns. He’s the third high-ranking city official to plead guilty in the wide-ranging federal corruption probe of City Hall, which dates to at least mid-2015. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

October 10, 2017 Atlanta - Elvin “E.R.” Mitchell Jr. walks to the federal court Tuesday morning, October 10, 2017. Contractors Elvin “E.R.” Mitchell Jr. and Charles P. Richards Jr. are scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in federal court for their roles in the Atlanta City Hall bribery scheme. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak, center, addresses the media earlier this month after former Kasim Reed aide Katrina Taylor-Parks became the second high-ranking Atlanta official to plead guilty in the federal corruption investigation of City Hall. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

Katrina Taylor-Parks, a former top aide to then-Mayor Kasim Reed, leaves the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in downtown Atlanta after pleading guilty on August 15, 2018, in the federal corruption investigation of City Hall. (Jenna Eason / Jenna.Eason@coxinc.com)

Former chief purchasing officer Adam Smith is serving a 27-month prison sentence for taking bribes. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Mitzi Bickers and her attorney Richard Hendrix the Richard B. Russell Federal Building after her first appearance in federal court on April 5, 2018, to face charges that she took $2 million in bribes to steer city of Atlanta contracts to at least two contractors from 2010 to 2015. She has pleaded not guilty. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Jeff Jafari leaves federal court after his hearing on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Federal prosecutors have charged Jeff Jafari, a former executive vice president of PRAD Group, on charges of bribery, witness tampering and tax evasion in the latest twist in the ongoing Atlanta City Hall corruption scandal. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Katrina Taylor-Parks, the deputy chief of staff to former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, is led out of the Richard B. Russell Federal Building on Monday by paramedics after she collapsed during her sentencing hearing in the federal probe of corruption at City Hall. BILL TORPY/BTORPY@AJC.COM

U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak speaks to members of the press outside the Richard B. Russell Federal Building on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Federal prosecutors have charged Jeff Jafari, a former executive vice president of PRAD Group, on charges of bribery, witness tampering and tax evasion in the latest twist in the ongoing Atlanta City Hall corruption scandal. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Infographic about bribery scandals at Atlanta City Hall during a press conference at the Richard B. Russell Federal Building on Thursday, April 5, 2018. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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Credit: Jenni Girtman for the AJC

Jim Beard, left, the City of Atlanta's former CFO, leaves the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta with Brittany Cambre, right, on Thursday, Sept 17, 2020. Beard ran to a car after entering a plea of not guilty to multiple federal charges. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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