by Associated Press Published: July 12,2012
Tags: attorney, bribe, bribery, judge, judicial, judicial bribe, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, sentencing, supervision
ABERDEEN — Bobby DeLaughter, a former circuit judge caught up in Mississippi’s judicial bribery scandal, has asked a federal judge to end his post-prison supervised release. In a motion filed in U.S. District Court in Aberdeen, DeLaughter says he’s “successfully completed” more than half of his supervised release term and has complied with all its [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 3,2012
Tags: embezzlement, fraud, home, house, housing, housing authority, judge, judicial, judiciary, mortgage, sentence, sentencing
GREENVILLE — The former director of the South Delta Regional Housing Authority will be sentenced Aug. 2 in federal court in Aberdeen. WABG-TV reports sentencing will be at 10 a.m. before U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson. Ann Jefferson was convicted in March on two counts of embezzlement, two counts of obstruction of justice and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 25,2012
Tags: attorney, bench, courts, embezzlement, law, lawyer, sentence, sentenced, sentencing, steal, stealing
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 [...] [...]
TUPELO — A Tennessee man will be sentenced July 30 for his role in routing tobacco through Mississippi to avoid taxes, the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports. Randy Benham of Cordova, Tenn., pleaded guilty in 2009 in U.S. District Court to counts of fraud, false statements and money laundering. Benham, along with Jerry G. Burke [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 14,2012
Tags: bilk, investing, investment, investor, ponzi scheme, scam, scheme, sentencing, stealing, theft
HOUSTON, Texas — If federal prosecutors have their way, former jet-setting Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford could receive a prison sentence that spans two centuries for bilking investors out of more than $7 billion over two decades in one of the largest ponzi schemes in U.S. history. Calling Stanford a “ruthless predator” who stole from [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 11,2012
Tags: attorneys, bench, clients, courts, embezzlement, judges, judicial, judiciary, law, lawyers, sentence, sentencing, trust
RIDGELAND — Sentencing is scheduled for a Ridgeland attorney who has admitted to swindling hundreds of thousands of dollars from his former clients. Attorney Vann Leonard who practiced law out of Ridgeland faces 60 years behind bars and a $750,000 fine. Leonard has pleaded guilty to three counts of embezzlement. He’s admitted to misleading two [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 9,2012
Tags: courts, fraud, insurance, insurance agency, insurance agent, insurance fraud, jail, judges, judicial, judiciary, law enforcement, prison, sentence, sentencing
MERIDIAN — A former insurance agent will spend time behind bars for fraud, according to Attorney General Jim Hood. The Attorney General’s Office Elisa Odom, 45, of Bailey pleaded guilty in Lauderdale County Circuit Court before Judge Lester Williamson to five counts of mail fraud and four counts of false pretense. She was sentenced on count [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 29,2012
Tags: automobiles, car dealerships, Cars, courts, drugs, illegal drugs, illicit drugs, marijuana, plea, raid, sentencing
JACKSON — Federal court records say the owner of a used car dealership in Jackson has pleaded guilty to charges related to a raid on his business that allegedly uncovered 416 pounds of marijuana. Jeremy Lee Stambaugh, owner of Paradise Auto Sales in south Jackson, was arrested at the car lot in February along with [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 29,2012
Tags: appeal, asbestos, attorneys, courts, fraud, law, lawyers, railroads, sentence, sentencing, verdict
MCCOMB — A federal appeals court panel has upheld a $420,000 verdict against two Mississippi lawyers accused of committing fraud during an asbestos lawsuit they filed in 2001. McComb attorneys William Guy and Thomas Brock sued Illinois Central Railroad Company on behalf of former employees who claimed asbestos made them sick. The railroad company later [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 29,2012
Tags: attorneys, bribery, conviction, judges, judicial, judicial bribery, judiciary, law, lawyers, sentence, sentencing
OXFORD — Imprisoned former attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs wants to take his push to vacate his 2009 conviction in a judicial bribery case to a federal appeals court. And a judge has denied a request to reduce the sentence of co-defendant Steve Backstrom The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Scruggs filed a motion asking a [...] [...]
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