Mississippi Business Journal » sentenced http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Ex-Delta housing director gets 32 months, to pay restitution http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/03/ex-delta-housing-director-gets-32-months-to-pay-restitution/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ex-delta-housing-director-gets-32-months-to-pay-restitution http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/03/ex-delta-housing-director-gets-32-months-to-pay-restitution/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:10:55 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=60598 GREENVILLE — A federal judge has sentenced the former executive director of the South Delta Regional Housing Authority to 32 months in prison. The Delta Democrat Times reports Senior Judge Glen H. Davidson yesterday sentenced 58-year-old Ann Jefferson and ordered her to pay more than $41,000 in restitution. Jefferson will begin her sentence Sept. 10 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/03/ex-delta-housing-director-gets-32-months-to-pay-restitution/feed/ 0 Ex-attorney sentenced to 40 years for stealing clients’ money http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/25/ex-attorney-sentenced-to-40-years-for-stealing-clients-money/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ex-attorney-sentenced-to-40-years-for-stealing-clients-money http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/25/ex-attorney-sentenced-to-40-years-for-stealing-clients-money/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:51:47 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=59043 CANTON — A former Ridgeland attorney who admitted to swindling hundreds of thousands of dollars from his former clients has been sentenced to serve 20 years in prison. District Attorney Michael Guest says former Ridgeland attorney Vann Leonard received a 40-year sentence today for embezzling more than $500,000 from several clients that he represented in [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/25/ex-attorney-sentenced-to-40-years-for-stealing-clients-money/feed/ 0 Former supervisor gets suspended sentence for embezzlement http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/former-supervisor-gets-suspended-sentence-for-embezzlement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-supervisor-gets-suspended-sentence-for-embezzlement http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/former-supervisor-gets-suspended-sentence-for-embezzlement/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:52:32 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=53827 CORINTH — A former Alcorn County supervisor has been given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to embezzlement. The Daily Corinthian reports Danny H. Crotts entered the plea in circuit court to a criminal information. A criminal information is a formal charge made without a grand jury indictment. Circuit Judge Jim Pounds sentenced Crotts to [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/former-supervisor-gets-suspended-sentence-for-embezzlement/feed/ 0 Coast businessman to forfeit $475,000 for hiring illegals http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/02/coast-businessman-to-forfeit-475000-for-hiring-illegals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coast-businessman-to-forfeit-475000-for-hiring-illegals http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/02/coast-businessman-to-forfeit-475000-for-hiring-illegals/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:59:18 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=45523 BILOXI — A Biloxi businessman who hired illegal immigrants for government construction jobs has been ordered to forfeit $475,000, which his attorney said is a rough average of his net income over a number of years. The Sun Herald reports Randall Weitzel, CEO of Artisan Textures, was sentenced Wednesday to a six-month prison term followed [...]

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