State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement.
Today State Auditor Shad White announced that special agents from his office arrested Alicia Landaverde. Landaverde was a Customer Service Representative for the City of Gautier Utility Department. She is charged with Embezzlement and False Statements.
Landaverde is accused of reversing late fees paid by customers then taking the reversed fee for herself. She was served an $8,514.06 demand letter at the time of her surrender.
"We will continue to investigate cases, from small thefts to the largest public fraud case in state history, to ensure taxpayer dollars are protected,” said State Auditor Shad White.
Landaverde faces 25 years and $6,000 in fines if convicted on all counts. All persons arrested by the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
District Attorney Angel McIlrath’s office will prosecute the case.
Suspected fraud can be reported to the Auditor’s office online at any time by clicking the red button at www.osa.ms.gov or calling 1-(800)-321-1275 during normal business hours.
20 comments:
And in 1.....2......2......"What about Phil!!"
Good. Another thief bites the dust. She obviously didn't spend the money on orthodontics.
9:41am
As you surely must know by now:
1. The whale is left dangling until smaller fish provide evidence on the bigger fish;
2. The Feds will handle Phil.
@9:41 - did you forget how to count? You should probably just save your comment on a notepad so you can copy and paste it accurately to every Shad post.
Is she single? Asking for Bill Dees.
se will just use her good looks to get out of it.
I feel pretty confident the money wasn't used for meth either.
10 years in prison, 5 suspended, no early release
Forfeiture of her PERS account
Felon for life
Loss of voting privileges
One more example of people having no fear of consequences (or donuts)......
That stolen money bought a lot of twinkies and cheetos.
Hats off to Shad for catching yet another small fish, however for whatever reason he continues to let the major issues slide. And for that, he should be ashamed of himself. But I digress - Shad is a politico, and we all know they are ashamed of nothing.
What I would like to know is when the two following investigations will take place?
1: Mayor of Jackson
2: Members, both current and former of the Hinds County Board of Supervisors.
3: Hinds County Administrator
Auditor White is book smart but not a competent leader. He should be an analyst or campaign associate.
Is this the same State Auditor who several of you repetitively claim has no arrest powers?
I thought Shad's been claiming there's a brain-drain in this state. Yet he keeps arresting all these brain-trusts who are embezzling money.
Shout out to the current Guvnah's brother!
He, (it is claimed by some) done did his best to try to hep that Bart guy address and whatnot, all about so he should know to, and where to, return those TANF funds to.
No matter what there's nothin to see.
No what those mean libs might about to say about the mess at their lib website!
At least according to some interested parties who wanted us to know in advance. For some reason.
Comment posted here because there's no comments on their 'gettin out in front of it' advertorial.
Shame on the mess!
@ 8:18 - You got an English version of that post available?
Spit out that chaw and come down out of that deer stand or Ima send Lynn Posey after you.
Again. I am posting this again.
I would like to know the actual amount embezzled, the investigative cost, and the interest tacked on by the auditor's office.
How can we get this information?
She has also stolen my heart
Too bad Shad et al, could not investigate the Principal in Hancock County schools who is loosing her $100k+ job over arrests for shoplifting at Walmart
At self checkout. The total "un scanned is LESS THAN $500!. In
most employment situations it would be treated differently.
Where's the "I'd hit it" guy?
Man up.
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