JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering issued a demand to Mississippi State Interim President Vance Watson for $12,333 for landscaping work performed on property belonging to Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Commissioner Tom Meredith on March 22, 2007, following an investigation by the State Auditor’s Office launched in September.

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JACKSON- After thorough investigation, State Auditor Stacey Pickering has announced that Clinton Tapper has been arrested on charges of fraud relating to a Katrina grant case in Hancock County following Hurricane Katrina.

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JACKSON- As Hurricane Gustav approaches the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, the State Auditor’s Office has distributed the Emergency Accountability Plan to all local governments in South Mississippi.

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JACKSON- Former Mississippi Alcohol and Beverage Control employee Vince Falconi has been indicted on the charge of embezzlement.

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JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering has issued a demand to former Tippah County Chancery Clerk Daniel T. Shackelford in the amount of $190,600.72 for funds embezzled from court designated funds collected in the Chancery Clerk’s Office and fee cap violations from January 2000 – August 2007.

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JACKSON- Jim M. Greenlee, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, Frederick T. Brink, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Jackson Division and Stacey Pickering, Mississippi State Auditor announce today that Robert L. Moultrie, age 67, from Smyrna, Georgia; Nixon E. Cawood, age 58 of Woodstock, Georgia and Charles K. Morehead, age 57, of Lilburn, Georgia, have waived indictment and entered pleas of guilty to felonies in federal court.

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JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering filed a motion on Tuesday for summary judgment in the MCI Settlement case asking Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Winston Kidd to determine whether the $14 million paid directly to The Langston Law Firm for their service as outside counsel retained by the Attorney General’s office was in compliance with State law.

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JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced the arrests of Kenneth Lanier, 41 of Meridian, and Christopher Williams, 22 of Meridian, following indictments for embezzlement.

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JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced the arrest of Alesa Warner, former employee of the Town of Marion, on charges of embezzlement.

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JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering released the FY 2008 Audit Exceptions Report today. This report is a legally mandated account of all misappropriated or misspent public funds and the actions taken by the State Auditor’s Office for recovery and return of those funds to the appropriate entities for FY 2008.

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