2 women April Brown, Michelle Brooks-Powell sought in state, federal tax scam

Jul 29, 2011 - 18:34
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2 women April Brown, Michelle Brooks-Powell sought in state, federal tax scam
April Nicole Brown, Michelle Brooks-Powell

Authorities are seeking the public’s help finding two metro Atlanta women who allegedly fraudulently cashed about $170,000 in state and federal tax refund checks in Acworth

Wanted for arrest on charges of theft by taking and forgery are April Nicole Brown, 27, of Atlanta, and Michelle Brooks-Powell, 39, of Acworth, according to a news release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Brown also has an address in Columbus, and Brooks-Powell in Canton.

The GBI, Georgia Department and Investigation and U.S. Secret Service are looking fro the women, who cashed the checks at a check-cashing business on the Bartow County side of Acworth. Details of how they allegedly ran the scheme were not released.

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of the women should call the GBI tip line, 800-597-8477; state Department of Revenue, 404-417-2123; Bartow County Sheriff’s Office, 770-382-5050, or Cartersville Bartow County Crime Stoppers, 770-606-8477.

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