Mississippi Business Journal » steal http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 05:01:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Investigator: Mayor double-billed, pocketed $461K http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/14/investigator-mayor-double-billed-pocketed-461k/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=investigator-mayor-double-billed-pocketed-461k http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/14/investigator-mayor-double-billed-pocketed-461k/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 11:30:07 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74722 SOUTHAVEN — An investigator with the Mississippi auditor’s office has testified in court that Southaven Mayor Greg Davis submitted duplicate charges to the city and the Chamber of Commerce, and was reimbursed a total of $461,000. Davis’ attorney denied the claim. Karen Swain, an investigator with the state auditor’s office, said the city and the [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/14/investigator-mayor-double-billed-pocketed-461k/feed/ 0 Two-dozen former IRS workers charged with theft http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/17/two-dozen-former-irs-workers-charged-with-theft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-dozen-former-irs-workers-charged-with-theft http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/17/two-dozen-former-irs-workers-charged-with-theft/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:54:03 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=73514 SOUTHAVEN — Twenty-four current and former Internal Revenue Service employees have been charged with stealing government benefits, federal prosecutors said today. The IRS employees were indicted on charges that they illegally received more than $250,000 in benefits including unemployment insurance payments, food stamps, welfare, and housing vouchers, the U.S. attorney’s office in Memphis said in [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/17/two-dozen-former-irs-workers-charged-with-theft/feed/ 1 Couple accused of taking money from dart association http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/01/couple-accused-of-taking-money-from-dart-association/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=couple-accused-of-taking-money-from-dart-association http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/01/couple-accused-of-taking-money-from-dart-association/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:52:24 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72499 ST. MARTIN — Authorities say a Jackson County couple accused of taking money from a dart association face an embezzlement charge. Biloxi police investigator David Shoemaker tells The Sun Herald 41-year-old Vica Ann Dees and 42-year-old Bryson John Dees, of St. Martin, allegedly took more than $14,000 from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Dart Association over [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/01/couple-accused-of-taking-money-from-dart-association/feed/ 0 Former teller with drug addiction sentenced for stealing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/28/former-teller-with-drug-addiction-sentenced-for-stealing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-teller-with-drug-addiction-sentenced-for-stealing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/28/former-teller-with-drug-addiction-sentenced-for-stealing/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:37:16 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72218 GULFPORT — A federal judge has sentenced Ashley Ann Keel to 18 months in prison and ordered her to make restitution of the $80,980 she stole when she was vault teller for a Hancock Bank branch in Biloxi. The Sun Herald reports U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. sentenced Keel yesterday and also ordered drug [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/28/former-teller-with-drug-addiction-sentenced-for-stealing/feed/ 0 Ex-bank teller to repay $117K, gets jail time for theft http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/21/ex-bank-teller-to-repay-117k-gets-jail-time-for-theft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ex-bank-teller-to-repay-117k-gets-jail-time-for-theft http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/21/ex-bank-teller-to-repay-117k-gets-jail-time-for-theft/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:50:21 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=71794 PICAYUNE — A former teller at a Picayune bank has been ordered to repay more than $117,000 she helped steal from the bank’s vault over a year’s time. U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden also sentenced 43-year-old Debra Mitchell, of Carriere, to six months in prison, six months of house arrest and two years of post-release [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/21/ex-bank-teller-to-repay-117k-gets-jail-time-for-theft/feed/ 0 Man accused of stealing bowling money to get intervention http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/15/man-accused-of-stealing-bowling-money-to-get-intervention/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-accused-of-stealing-bowling-money-to-get-intervention http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/15/man-accused-of-stealing-bowling-money-to-get-intervention/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:14:03 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=71440 HERNANDO — A Mississippi businessman, accused of embezzling prize money from bowling leagues at the Southaven bowling center he owns, will go through pretrial intervention. It’s a program for first-time nonviolent offenders, instead of going to trial. The Commercial Appeal reports 71-year-old Tommy Hart must repay the nearly $47,000 in prize money to the four [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/15/man-accused-of-stealing-bowling-money-to-get-intervention/feed/ 0 Man gets time for role in stolen equipment ring http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/28/equipment-theft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=equipment-theft http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/28/equipment-theft/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:56:17 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70539 NATCHEZ — Federal court records say Michael Fralick has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison in a scheme to purchase trucks, tractors and other equipment stolen from dealers in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Fralick was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Natchez. He and Jory Sam Tantillo were indicted in February 2012 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/28/equipment-theft/feed/ 0 Former court deputy clerk sentenced for embezzlement http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/19/former-court-deputy-clerk-sentenced-for-embezzlement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-court-deputy-clerk-sentenced-for-embezzlement http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/19/former-court-deputy-clerk-sentenced-for-embezzlement/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:30:43 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=69981 INDIANOLA — Former Indianola Municipal Court deputy clerk Tina Parker has been sentenced after previously pleading guilty to embezzlement, according to State Auditor Stacey Pickering. As part of the plea agreement, approved by Circuit Judge Margaret Carey-McCray, Parker was ordered to repay $35,000 in restitution, $982.50 in court costs, $300 in attorney fees and a [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/19/former-court-deputy-clerk-sentenced-for-embezzlement/feed/ 0 Former ambulance service director accused of stealing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/14/69772/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=69772 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/14/69772/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:00:14 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=69772 GREENVILLE — The former director of ambulance services at Delta Regional Medical Center has been arrested for embezzlement. Greenville Police Sgt. Michael Merchant tells the Delta Democrat Times  Jerry Graham was charged this week after an internal investigation by the hospital found some discrepancies in the operations of the ambulance service. Merchant says bond had [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/14/69772/feed/ 0 Woman gets 10-year sentence for embezzling $277K http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/11/woman-gets-10-year-sentence-for-embezzling-277k/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woman-gets-10-year-sentence-for-embezzling-277k http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/11/woman-gets-10-year-sentence-for-embezzling-277k/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:54:21 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=69646 SARDIS — A Sardis woman has been sentenced to serve 10 years in prison for stealing $277,000 from her employer. Prosecutors say Samantha Johnson was working for a Batesville lawyer and used the law firm account to pay off the mortgage on her mother’s mobile home; buy her sister a mobile home; purchase an automobile [...]

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