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Ex-attorney sentenced for biodiesel scam

by Associated Press Published: September 3,2010

Tags: biodiesel, courts, energy, law, law enforcement, renewable energy

ABERDEEN — A disbarred Tennessee attorney gets a 26-month sentence for defrauding a federal biofuels subsidy program. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal says 67-year-old H. Max Speight was sentenced yesterday in federal court. Speight and William T. “Tommy” Tacker II of Okolona were partners in Biodiesel of Mississippi Inc., which built a soybean biodiesel refinery but went [...] [...]

Tacker to be sentenced Monday for biodiesel scam

by Associated Press Published: July 16,2010

Tags: biodiesel, biofuels, courts, energy, fraud

ABERDEEN — William T. “Tommy” Tacker is scheduled to be sentenced Monday for defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of $2.8 million in bioenergy subsidy money for a plant in Mississippi. Tacker was convicted in February in federal court in Aberdeen. He faces up to 50 years in prison. The government says Tacker and a Tennessee [...] [...]

Tacker found guilty of bilking USDA

by Associated Press Published: February 25,2010

Tags: biodiesel, energy, trial, USDA

ABERDEEN — William T. “Tommy” Tacker has been convicted of defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of $2.8 million in bioenergy subsidy money for a plant in Mississippi. Tacker was convicted Wednesday in federal court in Aberdeen and faces up to 50 years in prison. Testimony began Monday in the case of the 56-year-old Tacker, who [...] [...]

Tacker’s biodiesel trial underway

by Associated Press Published: February 24,2010

Tags: biodiesel, energy, trial

NETTLETON — A federal trial is underway for a man accused of defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of $2.8 million in bioenergy subsidy money. Testimony began Monday in the case of 56-year-old William T. “Tommy” Tacker. He’s accused of 10 counts of conspiracy, fraud and wrongful profiting. The government says Tacker and a Tennessee attorney, H. [...] [...]

Ex-lawyer pleads guilty in biodiesel case

by Associated Press Published: February 15,2010

Tags: biodiesel, energy, fraud, USDA

ABERDEEN — A former Tennessee lawyer has pleaded guilty to one count related to his role in defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of $2.8 million in bioenergy subsidy money. H. Max Speight entered the plea in federal court in Aberdeen. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Mims told Judge Glen H. Davidson that a “supplemental plea agreement” [...] [...]

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