DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - DeKalb County prosecutors say they have
uncovered a sophisticated traffic ticket fixing scheme involving as
many as four former county employees who used a team of local
workers to help grow their business.

District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming said Thursday that three
former deputy clerks with the county's recorders court are being
charged with anti-racketeering on grounds that they engineered the
scheme. Up to seven others face charges of making false statements,
bribery and other charges.

Fleming said the former deputy clerks would arrange to destroy
or dismiss the ticket for a fee of 50 percent of the fine. She said
the three also had associates, including two who ran a local salon,
who would help attract business. She said sometimes they were given
a 25 percent finder's fee.

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