“My office has recovered more misspent money for the taxpayers in the last five years than in any other five-year period, and the credit goes to investigators and prosecutors for closing out cases like this.”
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JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor Shad White announced Special Agents from his office have arrested Shelia Williams for embezzlement. Williams is accused of embezzling cash payments from the City of Bolton’s water department. She was served with a $35,882.59 demand letter at the time of her arrest.
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JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor Shad White announced Special Agents from his office have arrested Robin Lowe. Lowe was the former advisor for the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) chapter, which is a national honor society at the Itawamba Community College. She is charged with embezzlement.
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JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor Shad White’s office counter-sued Brett Favre for hundreds of thousands of welfare dollars. Last February, Favre sued White for defamation for truthful statements Auditor White made describing Mississippi’s large welfare fraud scandal. Auditor White’s attorneys filed a counter-claim today in the same defamation suit, demanding Favre pay back Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds with interest.
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JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor Shad White announced the arrest of Pamela McNutt. McNutt is the former City Clerk for the City of Marks. She is accused of embezzling payments made to the city’s water and sewage, court fines, and privileged license payments from November 2017 to April 2021. McNutt was served with a $282,714.58 demand letter at the time of her arrest.
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JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor Shad White announced former Gautier Police Officer Eric Maye has pled guilty to Embezzlement. Maye was arrested by agents in January of 2023 and served with a $1,433.43 demand letter.
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JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor Shad White announced the arrest of Roger Lofton. Lofton was a Support Care Professional at the Mississippi State Hospital. He is accused of falsifying his timesheets. Lofton was served with a $2,671.75 demand letter.
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This afternoon attorneys from the Attorney General’s office informed Auditor White that her lawyers would not be representing Auditor White in two defamation cases (the Favre litigation and the James Thomas litigation) because of Auditor White’s upcoming book Mississippi Swindle and the fact that “the book call[s] into question the integrity of the Attorney General and her office.” As the Attorney General noted, Auditor White’s statements in the defamation cases were made “about investigations by [the Auditor’s office],” so the Auditor’s office will simply use in-house counsel on these cases now that the Attorney General has withdrawn.
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JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor Shad White announced the completion of the 2020 Hinds County Routine Annual Financial Audit.
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JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor Shad White announced that Shannon Taylor, former Newton County Emergency Services Dispatcher, pled guilty to embezzlement. Taylor was indicted and arrested in September of 2023.
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