JACKSON- The House and Senate Chambers of the Mississippi Legislature passed a bill that would authorize State Auditor Stacey Pickering and Tax Commissioner Ed Morgan to sell tobacco seized in an undisclosed warehouse found in Mississippi in April.

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JACKSON- Chris Lott, a special agent in the State Auditor’s Office, was a recipient of the “Top Cop” award on Thursday, May 12, at the Mississippi Trade Mart. 

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JACKSON- On June 4, 2009, an authorized search warrant was executed on HOLLEY SALES GROUP, a cigarette distributing company, located at 126 East Shockley Ferry Road, Anderson, South Carolina.

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JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering presented a check for $68,830.39 recovered from the bonding company of Telicha Nobles to the Smith County Board of Supervisors on Monday, June 1 at the Smith County Courthouse in Raleigh.

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JACKSON- Angie Tidwell, former bookkeeper for the Winston County Tax Collector’s Office, pled guilty to two counts of embezzlement by a public employee.

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JACKSON- Mississippi State Auditor, Stacey Pickering, is participating as a speaker and panelist today at the 2009 Southeastern Intergovernmental Audit Forum (SEIAF) at the historic Read House in downtown Chattanooga, Tenn. discussing auditing challenges with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

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JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Michelle Sharpley, former municipal court clerk and utility department clerk for the Town of Taylorsville, has been indicted on one count of embezzlement.

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JACKSON- Following a joint investigation by the State Auditor’s Office and the Mississippi Tax Commission, an estimated $20 million of contraband tobacco products were discovered in an undisclosed warehouse in Mississippi.

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JACKSON- During difficult economic times for Mississippians as well as state and local government, State Auditor Stacey Pickering has recovered $2,353,422 since taking office January 10, 2008.

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JACKSON- Following an investigation by the State Auditor’s Office, it was discovered that Alvina Deloach embezzled $60,873 from the Town of Brooksville in Noxubee County.

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