The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. She also received first place in the regional Green Eyeshade Awards in 2021 for Public Service in Online Journalism and 2020 for Business Reporting, and the local Bill Minor Prize for Investigative Journalism in 2019 and 2018 for reporting on unfair medical billing practices and hunger in the Mississippi Delta. Boston police officers acquitted in overtime fraud case The funds mostly came from a federal welfare grant program administered by the Mississippi Department of Human Services, and both the head of the nonprofit and the former head of the MDHS have been charged with and pleaded not guilty to embezzlement and fraud for their roles in the scheme. Nancy New and her son are also accused of transferring millions in TANF funds to their private businesses, White said. The Hinds County District Attorney secured an indictment on December 14, 2021. Phil Bryant and other officials in his home state in order to influence roughly $8 million in welfare payments for himself, pharmaceutical company Prevacus, and a volleyball court for the University of Southern Mississippi, according to an expose published last week Mississippi Todaythough Favre has not been charged criminally or accused of a crime. We believe that an informed Mississippi is a better Mississippi. Punjab refutes Shahid Khaqan's embezzlement allegations in flour scheme Logan Reeves, a spokesman for the auditor's office, said all the arrests were made Wednesday. The former director of Mississippis welfare agency was arrested on charges that he took part in a scheme to embezzle millions of dollars for personal use and to pay for a former professional wrestler to go to a luxury drug rehabilitation center, the state auditor announced on Wednesday. "He asked me, he said do you know who I am? They said Mr. Davis, along with Ms. New and Mr. New, used some of the embezzled funds to invest in medical device companies. "MDHS self-reported the information that initiated this investigation to former Gov. New is the executive director of Oxford University School. We do appreciate the partnership with Victory Sports and Pauls work. We did reach out to Davis attorney Merrida Coxwell for comment. Photo gallery: Equestrian program at Mississippi College, Nurse recounts horrors inside a Yazoo City nursing home, Coverage of Mississippis sprawling welfare scandal, Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic. The money was stolen from TANF funds, federal money entrusted to the state for needs of the poor. We are placing high priority on employee morale and engagement. All rights reserved. Follow him on Twitter @gbolognaCL. As we do with all of our partners that receive Families First funding through Mississippi Community Education Center, we evaluate their services and outcomes and review their expenses, New wrote. The funds in question were part of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which is administered by DHS. Davis also allegedly conspired to use welfare money, which his agency had granted to a nonprofit, to pay for DiBiases four-month long stint in a luxury rehab facility in California.
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