State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement.
Today State Auditor Shad White announced Special Agents from his office have arrested Carol Jackson in Sunflower County after she was indicted for fraud. She was issued a $109,124.59 demand letter upon her arrest. The demand amount includes interest and investigative expenses.
Jackson was the executive director of a nonprofit organization supposedly administering a Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) program meant to provide meals to needy schoolchildren during summer months. She allegedly submitted fraudulent documents to MDE and stole over $40,000 from the program. She purportedly used program funds to write herself over $20,000 in checks in addition to withdrawing thousands of dollars from an ATM at a local casino and spending nearly $2,000 on personal travel.
"We will hold the line when someone steals any taxpayer funds, but we are even more motivated when someone steals money intended for children,” said Auditor White. “Thank you to the investigators who worked tirelessly on this case."
Jackson surrendered to Special Agents at the Sunflower County Sheriff’s office. Bail was set at $10,000 by the court.
If convicted, Jackson faces up to 5 years in prison and $10,000 in fines. All persons arrested by the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. District Attorney W. Dewayne Richardson’s office will prosecute the case.
No surety bond covers Jackson as executive director of a nonprofit organization managing a taxpayer-funded program. Surety bonds are similar to insurance designed to protect taxpayers from corruption. Jackson will remain liable for the full amount of the demand in addition to criminal proceedings.
Suspected fraud or misappropriation can be reported to the Auditor’s office online any time by clicking the red button at www.osa.ms.gov or via telephone during normal business hours at 1-(800)-321-1275.
11 comments:
This is her grand defense plan.
1.) Steal the money.
2.) Go to the local casino in an attempt to double it.
3.) Put the original money back after winning.
So, we're spending $70,000 to recover $40,000? When are we going after the bigger fish?
Attn 9:51 you are obviously a product of the Mississippi public school system!
@9:29 (1) "borrow" the money. It never works.
At 9:51, when you get smarter, the fish will get bigger.
more low hanging fruit. get some balls, shaddrick. go after the crooks in the Senate and Legislature. They don't go to Jackson for that meager $22,000 a year salary.
Education top to bottom is corrupt to the bone in it's "spending" and Shad's whole office knows it....but he needs their support for he next higher office. He won't dare go after the true billions being misspent.....and continues to smile and accept the bullshit tales all the bureaucrats tell him about how their audits are clean. Shad White gonna Mississippi like Mississippi do! He'd make dirty Pickering proud.
Sunflower County... that's up in that ole Mis'sippy Delta.
Not shocking at all.
Any word on CMU arrests for all the tax dollar’s misspent?
Has Shad considered challenging Wicker?
8:43,
In who is the bigger goober? Shad is undefeated.
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