JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering has returned $18,937.50 to Greene County following an investigation into Supervisors’ misuse of funds to pay for legal expenses during an investigation by state and federal authorities.

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JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Melanie Nobles has pled guilty to embezzlement following an investigation by the State Auditor’s Office.

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JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today Roger Liddell, former principal of Simmons High School in the Hollandale School System in Washington County, has been served a demand in the amount of $111,581.38 following an investigation by the State Auditor’s Office.

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JACKSON- Following a joint investigation by District Attorney Mark Duncan’s office, the Leake County Sheriff’s Office, Carthage Police Department and the State Auditor’s Office, Renodda Dorman has been arrested for allegedly embezzling $60,916 from the Leake County Chamber of Commerce following a seven-month investigation.

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CORINTH, Miss.- State Auditor Stacey Pickering presented a check for $110,000 to the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors today during a press conference in Corinth.

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BROOKSVILLE, Miss.- State Auditor Stacey Pickering presented a check for $50,000 to Mayor Tammie Holmes, Town of Brooksville, today during a press conference in Brooksville.

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JACKSON- Special agents with the State Auditor’s Office served a demand today against Robert Graham, a member of the Hinds County Board of Supervisors and former City of Jackson employee, for $45,736.05 for wages he received from the City of Jackson while conducting dispatcher certification classes.

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JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Greene County Supervisor Earnest Holder has been issued a demand for $130,673.03 after being found guilty of Bribery and Conspiracy to Commit Bribery in April 2011 in the United States District Court, Southern District of Mississippi.

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JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that the third individual indicted in the Rankin County School District lawn care case was booked in to the Rankin County Jail on Thursday, May 12.

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JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today the arrests of Dolister and Malcolm Sanders, a husband and wife providing lawn care services to Rankin County Schools, on the charges of Fraudulent Statements and Representations; Conspiracy to Defraud; Tampering with Physical Evidence; and Wire Fraud.

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