by Wally Northway Published: December 13,2012
Tags: bench, case, conspiracy, conspirator, conspire, court, crime, criminasl, education, educator, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, principal, public school, trial
HERNANDO — Former Olive Branch Middle School principal Mike McCoy, who was indicted on conspiracy and embezzlement charges, has requested that his Jan. 14 trial be postponed because his attorney has a scheduling conflict. The Commercial Appeal reports McCoy’s attorney, Kevin Horan, filed the motion for a continuance Dec 6. In the motion, Horan, who [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 31,2012
Tags: attorney, bench, conspiracy, elected official, judge, judicial, judiciary, killing, law, law firm, lawyer, legal, mayor, murder, public official, scam, scheme
BILOXI — Former Biloxi Mayor Pete Halat was released from prison yesterday after serving 15 years in a conspiracy that led to the 1987 slayings of a Mississippi judge and the judge’s wife, also a Biloxi City Council member. The Sun Herald reports Halat, 70, was released from federal prison in Oakdale, La., and moved [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 19,2012
Tags: arrest, bookkeeper, conspiracy, court, crime, criminal, education, educator, embezzlement, justice, law, law enforcement, legal, principal, public education, steal, theft, thief
OLIVE BRANCH — Three former Olive Branch Middle School staff members are facing a single count each of conspiracy and embezzlement after they were indicted by a DeSoto County grand jury. The Commercial Appeal reports former principal Michael McCoy, of Olive Branch, former assistant principal Audrey Phillips, of Memphis, and former bookkeeper Kelli McGowen, of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 25,2012
Tags: bench, bribe, conspiracy, court, health, health care, hospital, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, kickback, law, legal, medical, medicine, sentence
TUPELO — A federal judge has sentenced Tupelo businessman Ray Shoemaker to 55 months in federal prison, a $10,000 fine and three years’ post-release supervision on six counts related to a kickback conspiracy. The crimes centered on Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville, of which Shoemaker was the administrator. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Shoemaker [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 12,2012
Tags: Cancer, chemotherapy, clinics, conspiracy, courts, doctors, fruad, health, health care, judges, judicial, judiciary, medicine, physicians, trial, witness tampering
SUMMIT — An October 29 trial date has been set for a cancer doctor and a billing agent charged with health care fraud that includes allegations of using diluted chemotherapy drugs and old needles. Dr. Meera Sachdeva, Brittany McCoskey and Monica Weeks were indicted last August on charges including conspiracy and witness tampering related to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 22,2012
Tags: acquittal, appeal, bench, bribery, conspiracy, courts, embezzlement, executive, health, health care, hospitals, judge, judicial, judiciary, kickback, law, legal, medical, medicine, nurses, nursing, scheme, sentencing, trial
BATESVILLE — A former Mississippi hospital executive wants a federal judge to acquit him or grant a new trial in an alleged medical kickback and bribery scheme. Raymond Lamont Shoemaker of Tupelo was charged last year with receiving kickbacks for nursing services, conspiracy, embezzlement and other charges last year at Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville. [...] [...]
ASHLAND — A seven-day jury trial has ended with a guilty verdict in two Benton County voter fraud cases, announced Attorney General Jim Hood. The decision came June 29 against Clinton Moffitt, 30, of Hickory Flat and Ada Moore Tucker, 50, of Ashland before Judge Andrew K. Howorth in Benton County Circuit Court. The jury [...] [...]
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