Mississippi Business Journal » plea http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Former bank CEO pleads guilty to fraud, money laundering http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/16/former-bank-ceo-pleads-guilty-to-fraud-money-laundering/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-bank-ceo-pleads-guilty-to-fraud-money-laundering http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/16/former-bank-ceo-pleads-guilty-to-fraud-money-laundering/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:41:43 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=73361 BUDE — A former bank executive has pleaded guilty to bank fraud and money laundering. U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen said Larry Barnette Hill, 58, of Meadville, entered the plea in federal court in Jackson. Hill served as CEO of People’s Bank of the South in Bude. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/16/former-bank-ceo-pleads-guilty-to-fraud-money-laundering/feed/ 0 Guilty plea expected in trial over exported Russian chicken http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/02/guilty-plea-expected-in-trial-over-exported-russian-chicken/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guilty-plea-expected-in-trial-over-exported-russian-chicken http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/02/guilty-plea-expected-in-trial-over-exported-russian-chicken/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:43:02 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72561 PASCAGOULA — Court records say a man is expected to plead guilty in an alleged conspiracy to falsify the temperatures of chicken exported from Mississippi to Russia. The April 2012 indictment says Gerald Miller, Patrick McLain and Terry White arranged the export of chicken that did not meet temperature requirements under a trade agreement with [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/02/guilty-plea-expected-in-trial-over-exported-russian-chicken/feed/ 0 Mayor enters plea in federal bribery case http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/29/mayor-enters-plea-in-federal-bribery-case/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mayor-enters-plea-in-federal-bribery-case http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/29/mayor-enters-plea-in-federal-bribery-case/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:09:37 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72311 VICKSBURG — Mayor Paul Winfield pleaded not guilty yesterday to a federal bribery charge that accuses him of seeking $10,000 in cash in exchange for a city contract. Winfield, wearing a dark suit and red tie, said little during his arraignment in U.S. District Court in Jackson other than to give short answers to the [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/29/mayor-enters-plea-in-federal-bribery-case/feed/ 0 Ex-teller pleads guilty to taking $117K from bank vault http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/21/ex-teller-pleads-guilty-to-taking-117k-from-bank-vault/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ex-teller-pleads-guilty-to-taking-117k-from-bank-vault http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/21/ex-teller-pleads-guilty-to-taking-117k-from-bank-vault/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:41:52 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70112 PICAYUNE — The former head teller of a Picayune bank has pleaded guilty to participating in the theft of $117,000 from a vault. Vonetta Jordan, of Poplarville, pleaded guilty to bank fraud in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. She will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden on May 23 and faces up to [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/21/ex-teller-pleads-guilty-to-taking-117k-from-bank-vault/feed/ 0 Change of plea hearing set for ex-teller accused of theft http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/18/change-of-plea-hearing-set-for-ex-teller-accused-of-theft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=change-of-plea-hearing-set-for-ex-teller-accused-of-theft http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/18/change-of-plea-hearing-set-for-ex-teller-accused-of-theft/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:19:20 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=69845 PICAYUNE — A change of plea hearing is scheduled tomorrow for the former head teller of a Picayune bank accused of participating in the theft of $117,000 from a bank vault at Union Planters Bank. Vonetta Jordan, of Poplarville, is charged with bank fraud, conspiracy to commit mail fraud and 12 counts of making false [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/18/change-of-plea-hearing-set-for-ex-teller-accused-of-theft/feed/ 0 Company pleads guilty to charges from paper mill spill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/compasny-pleads-guilty-to-charges-from-paper-mill-spill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=compasny-pleads-guilty-to-charges-from-paper-mill-spill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/compasny-pleads-guilty-to-charges-from-paper-mill-spill/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:08:59 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=69397 PEARL RIVER — A company that owned a Bogalusa paper mill has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an August 2011 spill of pulp byproducts into the Pearl River that killed more than 500,000 fish. Austin, Texas-based Temple Inland faces a maximum fine of $200,000 for its guilty plea to violating the Clean Water Act. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/compasny-pleads-guilty-to-charges-from-paper-mill-spill/feed/ 1 Real estate developer pleads guilty to bank fraud http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/real-estate-developer-pleads-guilty-to-bank-fraud/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=real-estate-developer-pleads-guilty-to-bank-fraud http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/real-estate-developer-pleads-guilty-to-bank-fraud/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:06:41 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=68992 OXFORD — DeSoto County developer Chuck Roberts has pleaded guilty in federal court to bank fraud charges. The Commercial Appeal reports Roberts entered his plea at a hearing in Oxford yesterday. He pleaded guilty to one count charging him with submitting fake documents and making false statements to an area bank to get money from [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/real-estate-developer-pleads-guilty-to-bank-fraud/feed/ 0 Woman pleads guilty to impersonating OSHA official http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/25/woman-pleads-guilty-to-impersonating-osha-official/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woman-pleads-guilty-to-impersonating-osha-official http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/25/woman-pleads-guilty-to-impersonating-osha-official/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:35:14 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=68699 WIGGINS — A 46-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to federal charges that accuse her 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. Connie M. Knight was living in Belle Chasse, La., when [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/25/woman-pleads-guilty-to-impersonating-osha-official/feed/ 0 Cattleman to change plea to guilty in loan fraud case http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/16/cattleman-to-change-plea-to-guilty-in-loan-fraud-case/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cattleman-to-change-plea-to-guilty-in-loan-fraud-case http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/16/cattleman-to-change-plea-to-guilty-in-loan-fraud-case/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:56:07 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=68263 ABERDEEN — Court records say a man will plead guilty to hiding the sales of cattle and using fake invoices to avoid paying back a federal loan. A filing in U.S. District Court in Aberdeen says Clint Mann intends to change his plea. He pleaded not guilty Aug. 19. Court records say Mann obtained a [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/16/cattleman-to-change-plea-to-guilty-in-loan-fraud-case/feed/ 0 Developer with ties to Davis to enter plea to an undisclosed charge http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/08/developer-with-ties-to-davis-to-enter-plea-to-an-undisclosed-charge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=developer-with-ties-to-davis-to-enter-plea-to-an-undisclosed-charge http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/08/developer-with-ties-to-davis-to-enter-plea-to-an-undisclosed-charge/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:52:37 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=67855 SOUTHAVEN — Federal court records show developer Charles “Chuck” Roberts III will waive an indictment and enter a plea to Jan. 31 in Oxford to an undisclosed charge. Roberts is a longtime developer in DeSoto County and a close friend of Southaven Mayor Greg Davis. Roberts is also the public address announcer for Tigers’ basketball [...]

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