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Victims come forward with shocking stories following AJC/Channel 2 investigation into tax preparer with a history of fraud

Hapeville City Councilwoman Ruth Barr is scheduled to go on trial later in May for stealing more than $100,000 from a relative. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM
Hapeville City Councilwoman Ruth Barr is scheduled to go on trial later in May for stealing more than $100,000 from a relative. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM
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May 25, 2016

The fallout continues to grow following our investigation into a metro Atlanta tax preparer with a history of fraud.

“The person she turned out to be was just pure evil,” a victim said.

Dozens of firefighters, paramedics and police now say Ruth Barr, an elected official in Hapeville, targeted them as clients.

Why thousands of victims could have to pay back millions of dollars in bogus refunds. Read the story on myAJC.com and in this Sunday’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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