by Associated Press Published: November 1,2012
Tags: bar, bench, court, fraud, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, tax, tax preparer, tax return, taxpayer
COLUMBUS — A federal court has permanently barred Cynthia H. Carter of Columbus from preparing federal tax returns for others. Court documents show Carter consented to the order without admitting to the allegations against her. The order issuing the injunction was signed by U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock. The government alleges Carter, who does business [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 31,2012
Tags: Cancer, chemotherapy, conviction, court, doctor, fraud, health, health care, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, medical, medicine, physician, postponement, public healc, public health, Staff
SUMMIT — A federal judge has rescheduled the sentencing hearing for a doctor and two others convicted in a multimillion-dollar fraud involving watered-down chemotherapy drugs and old needles. Dr. Meera Sachdeva, Brittany McCoskey and Monica Weeks had been scheduled for sentencing Nov. 16 in U.S. District Court in Jackson. That has been pushed back until [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 15,2012
Tags: broker, commission, fraud, home, house, investigation, land, law, license, mortgage, property, real estate, residentce
SOUTHAVEN — The Mississippi Real Estate Commission has suspended DeSoto County developer Chuck Roberts’ broker’s license for a year after finding he violated state real estate laws during a land deal with the city of Southaven. The Commercial Appeal reports the commission entered into an agreement with Roberts. The commission said it launched the investigation [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 5,2012
Tags: appeal, bank, banking, bench, broker, conviction, court, decision, finance, financial institution, fraud, guilty, home, homebuyer, house, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, mortgage, real estate, residence, residential, ruling, sentence, sentencing
JACKSON — A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of former mortgage broker Michael Persac Persac and former broker Jason Ellis were convicted in 2011. They were both ordered to prison and were ordered to forfeit more than $3 million and pay more than $781,000 in restitution. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 3,2012
Tags: court, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, explosion, fraud, gas, gasoline, judge, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, sentence
GULFPORT — The final defendant in a family’s scheme to defraud the government of oil spill recovery money must repay $21,000 and serve four months under house arrest along with three years of probation. The Sun Herald reports 29-year-old Sonya Renee Williams, of Gulfport, also must perform 70 hours of community service. Senior U.S. District [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 2,2012
Tags: court, disaster, election, executive, fraud, government, hurricane, judge, judicial, judiciary, mayor, politician, poll, public official, storm, vote, voter, Voting
GULFPORT — The U.S. Attorney’s Office is asking that a federal judge dismiss former Gulfport Mayor Brent Warr’s motion to vacate his guilty plea to theft of FEMA funds. Prosecutors say Warr agreed not to seek post-conviction relief when he pleaded guilty three years ago to stealing $9,958 in FEMA relief funds after Hurricane Katrina. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 27,2012
Tags: arrest, boat, bogus, commercial fisherman, court, environment, explosion, federal government, fisherman, fraud, gas, justice, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, safety, seafood, train, trainer, training, wildlife, workplace
WIGGINS — A Mississippi woman is accused of posing as a federal worker to make nearly $216,000 giving fraudulent training classes to fishermen who hoped to get jobs cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010. A 22-count federal indictment unsealed yesterday alleges that Connie M. Knight, 46, used phony credentials, diplomas and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 26,2012
Tags: appeal, bench, biofuel, court, energy, fraud, fuel, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, prison, REFINERY, ruling, scam, scheme, sentence, sentencing, sustainable, vacate
NETTLETON — A Mississippi businessman has asked a federal judge to vacate his five-year prison sentence on a conviction of defrauding a biofuels subsidy program. William T. “Tommy” Tacker II was convicted in 2010 on 10 counts that he conspired to defraud the U.S. Department of Agriculture of nearly $3 million for his company, Biodiesel [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 25,2012
Tags: bench, billing, Cancer, chemotherapy, court, decision, doctor, fraud, health, health care, hearing, investigation, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, medical, medicine, needles, office manager, public health, ruling, sentence, sentencing
SUMMIT — A federal judge has rescheduled sentencing hearings for three women convicted in a multimillion-dollar fraud involving watered-down chemotherapy drugs and old needles. Dr. Meera Sachdeva, Brittany McCoskey and Monica Weeks are scheduled for sentencing Nov. 16 in U.S. District Court in Jackson. Sentencing had been scheduled for Monday. Sachdeva founded the Rose Cancer [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 25,2012
Tags: appeal, bench, city, court, damage, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, emergency, executive, federal agency, federal government, flood, flooding, fraud, funding, funds, guilty, home, house, hurricane, judge, judicial, judiciary, land, mayor, municipal government, municipality, natural disaster, plea, property, rain, real estate, residence, storm, storm surge, tax, taxpayer, trial, tropical, Weather, wind
GULFPORT — A former Gulfport mayor is asking a federal judge to throw out his guilty plea almost three years ago to a felony charge of stealing FEMA funds. The plea deal Brent Warr entered into with the government allowed him and his wife to walk out of court with no prison time. The Sun [...] [...]
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