An Atlanta City Hall executive who abruptly resigned last week pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges of wire fraud and filing false tax returns stemming from his work for a consulting firm managed by former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s older brother and sister-in-law.

Larry Scott, formerly director of the Office of Contract Compliance, pleaded guilty to a criminal information charging him with filing multiple false financial disclosure statements and false income tax returns. Judge Steve Jones of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, who has presided over previous corruption cases associated with the ongoing City Hall probe, accepted the plea.

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