by Associated Press Published: January 2,2013
Tags: appeal, bench, bribe, bribery, corruption, court, crime, criminal, decision, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, ruling, sentence
JACKSON — Imprisoned former attorney Paul Minor has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his sentence in a Mississippi judicial corruption case. Minor is appealing a decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last August that upheld sentences of Minor and former judges Wes Teel and John Whitfield. Prosecutors say Minor backed [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 19,2012
Tags: bank, banker, banking, bench, bond, cash, court, crime, criminal, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, finance, financial institution, fraud, guilty, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, plea, steal, teller, theft, thief, vault
PICAYUNE — A former teller at a Picayune bank pleaded guilty to bank fraud for her role in the theft of $117,000 from a bank vault at Union Planters Bank. The Sun Herald reports 43-year-old Debra Mitchell was released on a $25,000 unsecured bond pending sentencing on March 18. Mitchell, of Carriere, was charged with [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 17,2012
Tags: association, crime, criminal, education, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, equine, higher education, horse, investigate, investigation, law enforcement, money, public university, show horse, steal, theft, thief, trade association
EUPORA — An internal review reveals that a Mississippi State employee did not take funds from the university, though she has been charged with embezzling from another organization. The Commercial Dispatch reports Beth Sykes Collum of Eupora was arrested and charged with embezzling an undisclosed amount while serving as treasurer for the Mississippi Horse Show [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 14,2012
Tags: acquire, bench, bid, buy, court, crime, criminal, fraud, guilty, home, house, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, mail fraud, plea, plead, purchase, real estate, residence, residentiasl, sale, sell, sentence
LAUREL — Two real estate investors have pleaded guilty to bid rigging and mail fraud in a scheme to artificially lower prices of auctioned homes in Alabama. U.S. Department of Justice officials say Robert M. Brannon, of Laurel, and his son Jason Brannon, of Mobile, Ala., conspired with others to avoid bidding against each other [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 13,2012
Tags: bench, clleanup, conflict of interest, contract, court, crime, criminal, debris, disaster, disaster recovery, hurricane, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, kickback, natural disaster, storm, tropical
BAY ST. LOUIS — A former Hancock County road department manager and his wife and brothers are scheduled for sentencing today in the Hurricane Katrina kickback case. Prosecutors say Roger Ladner was given the authority to award millions of dollars in ditch-cleaning contracts after Katrina. Some allegedly went to his relatives with a portion of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 12,2012
Tags: bench, commodity, court, crime, criminal, fraud, fraudulent, futures, guilty, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, plea, trade, trading
OLIVE BRANCH — A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to making unauthorized wheat futures trades through the Chicago Board of Trade causing MF Global Inc. to lose $141 million. Federal officials in Chicago said 44-year-old Evan Brent Dooley of Olive Branch entered the plea to commodities trading violations. Authorities say he made large, unauthorized overnight [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 11,2012
Tags: abuse, assisted living, bench, COST, court, crime, criminal, elderly, fund, investigate, investigators, judge, lawsuit, nursing home
LUMBERTON — Federal officials are joining a whistleblower lawsuit claiming a former south Mississippi nursing home operator withheld care to pad profits. The suit, originally filed by Academy Health Center, accuses the former operator of a Lumberton nursing home of claiming money from Medicare and Medicaid for services that he didn’t provide or for services [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 11,2012
Tags: arrest, bank, banker, banking, crime, criminal, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, law enforcement, steal, teller, theft, thief, vault
PEARL RIVER COUNTY — Two Pearl River County women have been charged with stealing more than $117,000 from a bank vault while they were tellers at a bank in Picayune. The Sun Herald reports Vonetta Jordan was the head teller and Debra Mitchell was a teller when they took the money between April 2004 and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 10,2012
Tags: Cancer, clinic, court, crime, criminal, health, health care, oncologist, oncology, sentence
SUMMIT — A federal judge has sentenced a doctor to 20 years in prison and ordered her to repay nearly $8.2 million for fraud at a former Mississippi cancer center she ran. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III said he was “appalled” at how Dr. Meera Sachdeva treated patients at a vulnerable time of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 3,2012
Tags: crime, criminal, government, hospitality, hotel, hotelier, law, law enforcement, lodging, price gouging, state
VICKSBURG — The Mississippi attorney general’s office has dropped charges against the owners of a Vicksburg hotel who had been accused of price gouging during a state of emergency. Jan Schaefer, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Jim Hood, tells the Vicksburg Post there was not enough evidence to pursue the charges. Devenora [...] [...]
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