Friday, March 22, 2019

Porter Bingham Indicted

The Justice Department issued the following statement.


Porter Bingham, 57, of Roswell, Georgia, was arrested today in Georgia by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Bingham is charged in a federal criminal indictment with wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering arising from his role as a the Financial Advisor for the City of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, in connection with the issuance of municipal bonds in 2015. The indictment charges that Bingham fraudulently obtained an additional $33,000 of the proceeds of the bond proceeds to which he was not entitled.

Bingham appeared earlier today before a United States Magistrate Judge in Atlanta,Georgia. He was released on a $15,000 bond and will appear in federal court in Jackson before United States Magistrate Judge Linda Anderson on Monday, April 1, 2019, at 1:30 pm.

The casei s currently scheduled for trial in Jackson before United States District Judge Tom S. Lee duringt he May trial term. The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Dave Fulcher.

The public is reminded that an indictment is merely a charge and should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.


Kingfish Note: JJ has covered Bingham's hijinks for many years.

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The rape of Rolling Fork.
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Malachi & Blackmon gouging Rolling Fork?
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Malachi "audits" Hinds County finances.
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Hinds County pays Malachi $66,000 for review of Byram-Clinton corridor project.
Hinds County Supes vote to pay Malachi to study budget.
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Major fireworks at Hinds BOS today.
Porter made over half a million dollars on bond swap.
Jackson pays nearly $500,000 to save $1.1 million.
Uh-oh, the Bond Pimp is back.
Jackson's investment advisor finally decides to register.
Jackson paying Financial Advisor $80,000.
Jackson will pay extra $8 million to refinance bonds.
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More on Hinds County interest rate swaps.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Porter ran a bunch of cons on Jackson and I guess he paid out a few bucks for help from within.

Anonymous said...

He and his buddies the Malachi thieves also ripped off Hinds County with a little help from a few supervisors on the Board. Hope this traces back to that.

Cynical Sam said...

The first defendant to squeel gets the deal.

Anonymous said...

@cynicalsam: What makes you think that Porter hasn't already been dimed by someone else who hasn't yet been indicted? (Or whose indictment remains under seal at the moment?)

Anonymous said...

The proposed fees for Malachi financial are the reason that Jackson does not have a convention center hotel.

Anonymous said...

Thank God that Greer, McQuirter and Calhoun kicked Malachi out of Hinds County when they were cleaning up corruption! All the sweetheart deals evaporated!

Anonymous said...

Please elaborate, 7:05.

Anonymous said...

Malachi financial was Mayor Johnson's chosen financial advisor for the City on the convention hotel project when the developer Prime Income Asset Management was ready to move forward. The deal was close to being finalized when increase in fees (that many thought were for no work), blew up the deal. As a result, the City ended up having to take back the property with $6.9 million in HUD debt that has weighed on the City ever since. A complete disaster for the City.

Kingfish said...

Don't forget, the day of the vote, this website got a copy of better bids and published them.

Anonymous said...

The disaster was building the red-ink gulping convention center in the first place. Total unmitigated disaster.

Anonymous said...

Kingfish, are you talking about the JRA vote when the deal was rejected because of the exorbitant Malachi fees which made the project excessively risky while serving a dubious purpose? Or are you talking about better proposals from developers. I don't remember any other developer's who submitted proposals the original RFP. I am familiar with all the proposals that have been submitted over time and it seems likely that Prime was the only developer that has ever been involved with the capability and will to actually build the project.

The City was going to have to provide a 50% guaranty if the income would not cover the bonds which was certainly a risk to the City. But it would have been a far better outcome than where things are today.

Cynical Sam said...

@5:25 PM - that is a plausible scenario.

Aesop said...

The fable of our tough on crime Ms. AG continues. I suppose fraud is not a state crime. Otherwise, surely Mississippi prosecutors would arrest them, right? Nah, that’s just a fable. Guess our AG was too busy playing fiddle for the contributors while the federal ants did the work. Drain the swamp.



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