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*A Columbus-based financial service company has been fined hundred of thousands of dollars for alleged fraud. Synovus Securities, Inc. was fined more than 300-thousand dollars for alleged forging and falsifying electronic signatures. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) says the firm’s lack of a supervision system resulted in them failing to detect that four associated persons at one branch collectively forged or falsified more than 100 customers’ signatures on hundreds of documents.
*If you are looking for a job, a recent list ranks which large company might be the best fit for you. A recent Forbes list of the Top Employers to work for in the state of Georgia ranks Delta Airlines as the number one place to work. Apple was number two, and Lockheed Martin, Sales Force and General Motors rounds out the top five.
*Marjorie Taylor Greene (MTG) isn’t backing off criticism of her own party. The Northwest Georgia congresswoman told the Washington Post this week that Republican men are weak and afraid of strong Republican women. Her comments come as she pushes for negotiations to extend healthcare subsidies for ACA recipients. Democrats refuse to agree to a spending bill that will not include the subsidies, which would keep healthcare prices down.
*A Macon-Bibb code enforcement officer is accused of sending an explicit video to himself from a driver’s phone. The sheriff’s office says Christopher Willcox was reportedly using the woman’s phone to check her credentials during a traffic stop on Hawkinsville Road last month. He allegedly searched the phone and found a video to send himself. The 34-year-old was charged with violation of oath of office and fired.
*A Clayton County father is now accused of his child’s murder. Antonio Pearce was charged after his six-month-old son was found dead in a yard on Green Valley Road Tuesday night. He reported to police that the child had been kidnapped during a robbery at a nearby apartment complex.
*Several police officers from one Georgia community are being treated for fentanyl exposure. WALB reports three Fitzgerald officers were responding to an overdose call yesterday, when they were exposed to the drug through the air. Two others were also sent to the hospital. The police department says any recently-purchased illegal drugs are in danger of being laced with fentanyl and should be thrown away.