JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering met with delegates to the Mississippi American Legion’s Boys State on Wednesday, May 28, where he discussed the importance of having dreams, selecting mentors and not being afraid to “fall forward” when working towards their dreams.

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JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Lloyd “Honey” Ashmore, Carroll County District 2 Supervisor, was indicted on two counts of embezzlement, first count in the amount of $3,196.59 and count two in the amount of $1,982.66.

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JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Deberine Ford, clerk at the Clear Creek Golf Club, was indicted on charges of embezzlement of county funds in Warren County.

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JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering returned nearly $27,000 to the Town of Sidon (Leflore County) after Kimberly Smith, former town clerk for the town of Sidon, pled guilty to embezzling funds.

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FAYETTE, Miss.- Less than two months after State Auditor Stacey Pickering presented a $200,000 check to the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors, the State Auditor’s Office has recovered an additional $100,000 collected from a bond on behalf of Burnell Harris, former circuit clerk in Jefferson County who admitted to embezzling funds from the county.

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JACKSON- After returning $300,000 to the taxpayers in Jefferson County, State Auditor’s Office has recovered a total of $1,207,221.89 to taxpayers across Mississippi.

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JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced the arrest of Sean Knight, age 34, of D’Iberville.

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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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