Auditor’s Office Returns $150,000
State Auditor Shad White announced the Auditor’s office concluded four cases with guilty verdicts for embezzlement and returned nearly $150,000 to taxpayers last month. George...
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Former District Attorney’s Office Investigator is Guilty of Embezzlement
State Auditor Shad White announced Joe Edney has been convicted of embezzlement in Judge Charles E. Webster’s court chambers in Tunica County. The case was...
Office of State Auditor released 2017 Legislative Report
by Sarah Ulmer
State Auditor Stacey Pickering has recently released the 2017 Legislative Report. ...
Filling Up With Taxpayer Money Leads to Arrest of School Official
by kim
SHAW, Miss.–Filling up your own personal car with your taxpayer-funded, school account is illegal if you work for the school district. State Auditor Stacey Pickering...
Stealing Food Meant for Kids: Former Cafeteria Manager Accused of Copping Cafeteria Food From Youth Program
by kim
CAMP SHELBY, Miss.–Taking a large amount of food from the cafeteria of the National Guard Youth Challenge Academy and using it in his restaurant is...
Deadline to File for State Elections is Today; Pritchett to Announce for Auditor
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–The deadline to file to run for state office is today and another candidate is expected to announce she is running for state auditor...
Stealing the Money From School Concessions: Auditor Orders Former Employee to Pay It Back
by kim
CARTHAGE, Miss.–All the money your kid’s school gets from the hot dogs and the hamburgers at the baseball game is supposed to go to the...
The Way Public Schools Are Funded: Pickering Blasts MAEP in Report to Legislature
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–The Mississippi Adequate Education Program has been the subject of a lot of controversy lately, with a lawsuit filed by former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove...
Taking TVs, ACs For His Restaurant: Former Mound Bayou Mayor Indicted on Embezzlement Charges
by kim
MOUND BAYOU, Miss.–You don’t hear about a lot going on in the Delta town of Mound Bayou, about five miles north of Cleveland, and just...
Mississippi Transparency: State Auditor Pickering Gets National Accountability Award
by kim
DENVER, Colo.–The only state official from the entire country to get the David M. Walker Excellence in Government Performance and Accountability Award for 2014 was your...