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Jacksonville City Council fraud case moved back to September
With less than two weeks before two former Jacksonville City Councilors face 38 counts of fraud related to misusing economic development money, both defendants sought on Tuesday to change the trial.
One of the motions actually succeeded: a thirty-day continuance that will push the trial back to Sept. 23.
Katrina Brown and Reggie Brown face 38 counts of conspiracy to defraud, according to federal prosecutors.
The feds are accusing the pair of extracting hundreds of thousands of dollars for personal use from a Small Business Administration-backed loan provided for Katrina Brown’s family’s barbecue sauce plant.
Read more: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/302635-jax-council-fraud-case-delayed