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 [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
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. [...] [...]
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” [...] [...]