by Associated Press Published: May 14,2013
Tags: bench, bill, chamber of commerce, city, city government, court, crime, criminal, falsified records, fraud, investigator, law, legal, mayor, municipal, municipality, steal, stealing, testimony, theft, thief, trial
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 28,2013
Tags: bank, banker, banking, bench, court, crime, drug addicition, finance, financial institution, fine, jail, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, prison, sentence, steal, stealing, teller, theft, thief, vault
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 15,2013
Tags: computer, hack, hacker, hacking, hardware, hospitality, identity theft, restaurant, steal, stealing, technology, theft, thief
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — A Georgia-based restaurant firm says suspicious computer files have been found at some of its locations, prompting it to warn customers about the potential for fraud. Zaxby’s Franchising Inc. said in a statement that the suspicious files might have resulted in unauthorized access to credit and debit card information at more than [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 10,2013
Tags: city, clerk, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, government, repayment, state agency, steal, stealing, theft, thief, town
ANGUILLA — State Auditor Stacey Pickering has presented the town of Anguilla with a $108,000 check to restore funds allegedly embezzled by a former clerk. Pickering says in a news release that an investigation showed town clerk Manika Kelly allegedly embezzled funds from the town’s water and sewer accounts from October 2006 to November 2011. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 8,2013
Tags: burial, bury, cemetery, court, government, judge, justice, law, misappropriation, pre-need, prison, sentence, state, stealing, steral, trust
BOONEVILLE — Cemetery owner Wayne Hight of Booneville has been sentenced to serve four years in prison for failing to properly fund pre-need burial trusts. Assistant District Attorney Richard Bowen tells The Daily Corinthian reports Hight also was ordered to pay restitution of more than $500,000. Bowen said Hight, 74, pleaded guilty Friday in Alcorn [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 14,2012
Tags: bank, banking, bench, court, decision, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, financial institution, finasnce, fraud, judge, justice, prison, restitution, ruling, sentence, steal, stealing
JACKSON — A federal judge has sentenced a woman to one year in prison on a bank fraud charge. Court records say Nicole Whitten was a financial services representative for Trustmark National Bank in Jackson. She was charged in June with using a customer’s information to take out a loan in his name and had [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 28,2012
Tags: burglar, crime, criminal, law, law enforcement, legal, snack, steal, stealing, theft, thief
WAVELAND — Waveland police are chasing leads to nab a sweet-toothed bandit who stole 340 cases of Little Debbie snack cakes from a storehouse last week. Police investigator Eddie Peterson tells the Sea Coast Echo 70 cases of the treats have been recovered. He says some cases were found in Seminary, about 70 miles north [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 15,2012
Tags: arraign, arraignment, arrest, auditing, auditor, city, court, embezzlement, equipment, government, indictment, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, law enforcement, legal, municipal, municipality, state, steal, stealing, surplus property
BASSFIELD — State Auditor Stacey Pickering says two individuals turned themselves in to the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office last Tuesday following multiple count indictments. These indictments are a result of the investigation into surplus property purchased by the City of Bassfield and converted to personal use. Brenda Saulters and Billy Matthews were booked on the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 12,2012
Tags: audit, auditing, auditor, bond, crime, criminal, elected official, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, investigation, law enforcement, money, public official, refund, repayment, state agency, steal, stealing, tax, taxpayer, theft, thief
BROOKHAVEN — Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering has closed his office’s investigation into embezzlement by a former Lincoln County Circuit Clerk. Pickering last week delivered a check for more than $61,000 to Lincoln County Supervisors. The Brookhaven Daily Leader reports the check represents the last of the money the auditor’s office says Terry Lynn Watkins had [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 1,2012
Tags: arrst, crime, criminal, insurance, insurance agent, law enforcement, premium, steal, stealing, theft, thief
ST. MARTIN — An insurance agent has been accused of failing to send customers’ insurance payments to insurers. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said in a press release received by The Sun Herald 35-year-old Chad Michael Davis of St. Martin was arrested Tuesday. Byrd says Davis was charged with two counts of felony false pretense [...] [...]
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