Mississippi Business Journal » plead http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Sun, 19 May 2013 19:38:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 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 Real estate investors plead guilty to bid rigging http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/14/real-estate-investors-plead-guilty-to-bid-rigging/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=real-estate-investors-plead-guilty-to-bid-rigging http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/14/real-estate-investors-plead-guilty-to-bid-rigging/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:14:38 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=66621 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/14/real-estate-investors-plead-guilty-to-bid-rigging/feed/ 0 Alabama developer pleads not guilty to wetlands violations http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/27/alabama-developer-pleads-not-guilty-to-wetlands-violations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alabama-developer-pleads-not-guilty-to-wetlands-violations http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/27/alabama-developer-pleads-not-guilty-to-wetlands-violations/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:17:10 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=65747 HANCOCK COUNTY — Alabama real estate developer William R. Miller has pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging he illegally filled wetlands in Mississippi and violated the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants into waters of the United States. The Sun Herald reports U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert H. Walker set a trial date for Feb. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/27/alabama-developer-pleads-not-guilty-to-wetlands-violations/feed/ 0 Ex-employee pleads not guilty to stealing $200K+ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/08/ex-employee-pleads-not-guilty-to-stealing-200k/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ex-employee-pleads-not-guilty-to-stealing-200k http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/08/ex-employee-pleads-not-guilty-to-stealing-200k/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:40:13 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=63688 ABBEVILLE — An Abbeville woman has been indicted on embezzlement charges for allegedly stealing more than $200,000. The Oxford Eagle reports that the indictment alleges Valerie Harmon took $20,267 between March-November 2011 while she was an employee for Action Collections, which was owned by the law firm where she worked as a notary. A second [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/08/ex-employee-pleads-not-guilty-to-stealing-200k/feed/ 0 Physician pleads guilty to writing fake prescriptions; to repay $1.6M http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/15/physician-pleads-guilty-to-writing-fake-prescriptions-to-repay-1-6m/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=physician-pleads-guilty-to-writing-fake-prescriptions-to-repay-1-6m http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/15/physician-pleads-guilty-to-writing-fake-prescriptions-to-repay-1-6m/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:39:32 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=58585 NATCHEZ — A Mississippi physician who wrote fake prescriptions that helped defraud Medicare of more than $5 million lost her medical license and has been ordered in Baton Rouge, La., federal court to repay the insurer $1.6 million. Dr. Jo A. Francis, of Natchez, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit health care [...]

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