JACKSON- Wednesday, the bankruptcy judge in the Southern District in New York ruled to send the MCI Settlement case to Mississippi Court to determine whether the $14 million paid directly to Langston Law Firm for their service as outside counsel retained by the Attorney General’s Office is illegal.

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JACKSON- Frederick T. Brink, Special Agent in Charge, Jackson Division Federal Bureau of Investigation, Stacey Pickering, Mississippi State Auditor, and Jim M. Greenlee, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, announce today that the federal grand jury has returned a sixteen count indictment alleging a conspiracy to corruptly influence and reward a public official and a scheme to defraud numerous individuals, entities and the State of Mississippi in connection with the economic development project known as Mississippi Beef Processors.

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FAYETTE, Miss.- State Auditor Stacey Pickering presented a $200,000 check today to the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors.

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JACKSON- Bill Pope, veteran employee of the State Auditor’s Office, has been named Chief of Staff by newly elected State Auditor Stacey Pickering

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JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering has named John O. Gilbert, CPA as Deputy State Auditor. Gilbert was formerly the Secretary of the Senate under Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck.

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JACKSON- David Huggins has been named Director of Investigation in the Office of the State Auditor by newly elected State Auditor Stacey Pickering. Huggins is the former commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.

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