The Justice Department issued the following statement.
A former City of Jackson employee was convicted today for fraudulently obtaining tens of thousands of dollars in grant money intended for artistic projects in the City of Jackson, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Jackson Field Office.
According to court documents, Keyshia Sanders, 47, the City of Jackson’s former Constituent Service Manager, pleaded guilty to violating Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, for engaging in a wire fraud scheme to fraudulently induce the disbursement of grant money for her own benefit. The scheme involved the use of fraudulent invoices that caused the grant’s fiscal agent to disburse funds to Sanders in clear contradiction to the terms of the grant and Sander’s role as a City of Jackson employee. The grant was intended to provide project support in the City of Jackson to invest in artists, artist collectives, and small arts organizations of color. In total, the fraudulent transactions caused by Sanders over the course of the scheme totaled a loss of approximately $54,000.
Sanders is scheduled to be sentenced on April 20, 2023, in Jackson, and faces a maximum penalty of twenty years in prison. A federal district judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Mississippi State Auditor’s Office investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew W. Eichner is prosecuting the case.
15 comments:
Business as usual for govt. employees in Hinds County (that includes Jackson, geniuses).
Sad that Lumumba would set his own employees up like this. OR he runs a horrible operation at City Hall with no checks and balances in place. It’s probably both.
This is a chokwe hire right?
Very qualified to be an election commissioner, or a CMU manager.
..Wag the Dog... going on here
If he still has the money (which I doubt) all he need to do is pay those making the Dec,isions.
Has Madison county convicted that official who pocketed $40,000.00 from a nonexistent “tornado” policy yet? If not, what is the state auditor doing?
Tribute to the Emperor would have made all of this go away.
This is just like the TANF welfare fraud.
Hope they - Nancy, and son 1, get the same treatment.
She probably would never have even tried such theft had she been working in the private sector but working for a Democrat government she never expected accounting of the taxpayers money. It's all just free money. Get some.
Some of you people need more Jesus in your life. Your eagerness to judge others and hope for bad things for them will come back to get you.
@8:35 Sanders is the one that needs more Jesus. Thall shall not steal
20 years for 54K? Nope, not for me.
Kenneth has been on this and says that it is much more than 54K.
Say what you will about him, but he is honest, which sadly, we can't say about the mayor!
She will never do twenty-years. A friendly judge will have her released when no one is paying attention.
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