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Date Published
July 17, 2016
News Type
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A former Montgomery attorney pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges related to defrauding the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Christopher B. Pitts, 46, now of Atlanta, pleaded guilty to wire fraud affecting a financial institution, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Alabama.

Pitts served as a closing attorney for the sales of all homes owned by HUD in northern and central Alabama between 2005 and 2008. In this role, he was responsible for receiving purchase money, pay closing costs and transmitting to HUD the remaining purchase money.

Pitts admitted in federal court that, on...