Former Executive Indicted for Stealing from Non-Profit Rice Allegedly Stole Nearly $300,000 from the Medical Association of Atlanta over Four-Year Period

ATLANTA, GA—SHARON L. RICE, 46, of LaGrange, Georgia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of mail and wire fraud for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit organization. RICE was arraigned on the indictment today before United States Magistrate Judge Alan J. Baverman in Atlanta.

United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said, "This defendant allegedly used her position as the executive director of a non-profit organization to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from the organization. The indictment alleges that she systematically took the money over a four-year period and used it for her own selfish purposes. Her deceit has been discovered."