by MBJ Staff Published: December 6,2012
Tags: audit, auditor, board of supervisors, county, elected official, fine, government, misappropriation, public official, repayment, supervisor, tax, taxpayer
LEAKESVILLE — State Auditor Stacey Pickering has returned $70,280.72 to Greene County following an investigation into supervisors’ misuse of funds used as part of an illegal kickback scheme carried out through a contract for Katrina debris removal and legal expenses. These funds represent $64,030.72 in principal and $2,146.08 in interest and investigative costs. Pickering previously [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 12,2012
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BROOKHAVEN — Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering has closed his office’s investigation into embezzlement by a former Lincoln County Circuit Clerk. Pickering last week delivered a check for more than $61,000 to Lincoln County Supervisors. The Brookhaven Daily Leader reports the check represents the last of the money the auditor’s office says Terry Lynn Watkins had [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 5,2012
Tags: acquisition, audit, auditor, buy, land, property, purchase, real estate, sale, sell, state agency, state department, tax, taxpayer, taxpayer money
BILOXI — Federal auditors question $12.6 million of $14 million approved by the state Department of Marine Resources to buy and conserve coastal property using money from offshore oil leases. DMR paid 16 times the county tax appraisals for some land, and 25 times the amount on county tax rolls for one parcel, auditors from [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 26,2012
Tags: audit, auditpor, department, investigate, investigation, ivestigator, law, legal, state agency, state government
BILOXI — Officials from the State Auditor’s Office were at the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources offices in Biloxi yesterday, sifting through files in the executive director’s office. Lauren Thompson, DMR director of communications, told The Sun Herald the State Auditor’s Office is conducting an investigation. The nature of the investigation is not clear. The [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 12,2012
Tags: audit, city, court, executive, judge, mayor, money, municipal government, politician, SCANDAL, state
SOUTHAVEN — Southaven Mayor Greg Davis has asked a Hinds County judge to return to him the $96,000 he paid to the state amid allegations of misspending city money. The Commercial Appeal reports Davis filed a motion in Hinds County Chancery Court, where he is locked in a dispute with State Auditor Stacey Pickering over [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 12,2012
Tags: acquisition, audit, auditor, city, confiscated, eqipment, municipal government, municipality, property, purchase, sale, state agency, state government, surplus property
BASSFIELD — State Auditor Stacey Pickering has returned 22 pieces of property and equipment improperly obtained by the City of Bassfield to Mississippi’s Surplus Property Division. Pickering says in a news release that items purchased through Surplus Property must be used for local and state government purposes. Pickering says his office determined the items were [...] [...]
GREENVILLE — The Mississippi Department of Education has completed an unannounced audit of the Greenville Public Schools. School officials expect the results in time for school board’s meeting Oct. 30. The Education Department spent four days in Greenville this past week. Department spokeswoman Patrice Guilfoyle tells the Delta Democrat Times the department is traveling throughout [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 24,2012
Tags: audit, auditor, city, executive, fine, gay, lesbian, mayor, misappropriation, municipal government, municipality, penalty, repayment, SCANDAL, scheme, sex, state agency, state government, tax, taxpayer
SOUTHAVEN — A north Mississippi mayor under scrutiny for alleged questionable spending of city money says he’s being persecuted. Southaven Mayor Greg Davis testified yesterday in Hinds County Chancery Court, trying to convince a judge to block Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering from garnishing his paycheck. Judge Dewayne Thomas issued a temporary restraining order last week [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 22,2012
Tags: audit, auditor, bench, city, courts, executive, financial, funding, garnishment, infrastructure, judge, mayor, misappropriation, municipality, park, road, salary, state agency, street, tax, taxpayer, transportation, travel
SOUTHAVEN — Southaven is getting $850,000 to link the city’s two largest parks with a bike path and walking trail after learning state officials have released the funds that had been frozen because of Mayor Greg Davis’ financial problems. The Commercial Appeal reports aldermen learned yesterday the enhancement grant for the nearly three-mile trail between [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 6,2012
Tags: audit, auditor, disaster, disaster recovery, federal government, grant, housing authority, hurricane, infrastructure, investigating, investigation, natural disaster, severe weather, sewer, tropical weather, waste water, Weather
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — Federal housing authorities are auditing the use of more than $650 million in grants designated for an ambitious plan for sewage and water systems across south Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, The Associated Press has learned. The money was divided among five south Mississippi counties, with the most, more than [...] [...]
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