State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement.
State Auditor Shad White announced in an annual Audit Exceptions Report that his office recovered$1,096,510.88 in taxpayer funds and returned them to the deserving entities in Fiscal Year 2026.
“Mississippians work hard for their money and they deserve to know every taxpayer dollar is being protected,” said State Auditor Shad White. “The hardworking men and women at the Auditor’s Office will continue to serve as the state’s watchdog and uncover waste, fraud, and abuse wherever we find it.”
Additionally, the report highlights the significant amount of taxpayer money that remains outstanding in demands issued by the Office of the State Auditor. The Mississippi Supreme Court has stated only the Attorney General’s office can enforce these demands in court, not the State Auditor.
In connection with the Mississippi Department of Human Services welfare scandal, the OSA has issued demands totaling $96,312,774.27 and referred the demands to the Attorney General’s Office for enforcement. This past year, the Office of the Attorney General only recovered $18,000 of that amount.
Separate from the DHS cases, the OSA has issued demands in 103 cases that have not been paid in full. Those cases represent an outstanding balance of $15,792,926.25. The Office of the Attorney General has taken no action in 95 of those 103 cases.
State law requires the State Auditor to publish an Exceptions Report in August each year.
Kingfish note: Posted below are the report and the exceptions found in the Jackson metro area.
MDE: Professional Development Coordinator Amye Hoskins had $23, 178 in unauthorized time.
MBN: Former Agent Kevin Dear misappropriated $1,443
MSDH: Former Director of Health Surveillance Sai Kurmana and Sudha Nimmala were indicted for fraud. Demand of $96,249 was issued.
TDK Tax Services Owner Verneshia Cody indicted for forgery and bribery. Demand of $162,923 issued.
MDOC: Demand issued to agency in March for $959,240 for improper staffing credits.
22 comments:
Cute. Two people who want to be Gov. take cheap shots at each other and the real contenders just move on ahead. The fight for the bottom is going to be fun to watch this election cycle.
Shad can't even get the link to the full report correct in Audit Exceptions Report. Click it and goes to a page not found on OSA's website.
I'm confused. Is a demand letter considered a recovery? Because to my thinking, a recovery means ill-gotten money was taken from someone or something and that money was returned in cash or check to where it came from.
I REALLY have Shad fatigue.
I wish other department heads would do press releases documenting that they did their job.
Quite apparent the Mississippi State Attorney General is not adequately performing her duties, but now wants to run for Governor of The State of Mississippi. “The Height of the Ridiculous.”
I appreciate the employee in the Office of State Auditor for waiting until after he/she was officially off the clock - 5:15 pm - for making their public service (or was it a political) comment. Would hate for someone over there to be dinged for misuse of their public computer and internet service for reading a political blog and gosh!! even going so far as to post a political comment on offical time.
I've seen their work "auditing" State Agencies. They have no knowledge or experience and State staff train them as they work. And they charge Agencies much more than using an independent auditor! Shad's trying to build an empire on the dime of tax payers he says he's protecting.
As for these explosive "reports" he issues, if the Agency finds and corrects a simple coding issue on an invoice, OSA crows like they found it. Shad's a self promoting phony.
I never tire of people who show us they're doing the job to which elected. Sorry you're fatigued. Maybe a siesta would help.
Seems like...not that much.
Can Shad make the GOP runoff? I think Lynn will finish around 4th with Gunn at about 5th.
6:29 is right on. Long term staff find these errors, or these people get snitched on. Shad being in office or not makes no difference to this continuing work. He crows about it like he’s done the work and his followers are too uninformed about the process to understand his irrelevance. Tired on him too.
Beware of little men who want to be your leader
6:31, it could be people are so used to politicians doing nothing, when one does their job people are confused.
Or little women
"Beware of little men who want to be your leader"
Delbert is a tall man.
@6:37: at the beginning/before an investigation begins, they probably have little to no way of knowing whether they will find wrongdoing, or whether it will be a little or a lot. So if it turns out to just be a little, should they just let it go and not pinch them? He’s looking under every rock. Good for him. The boondock towns and counties he’s pinching, for large and small amounts, shows the extent of the waste and grift in our state. I hope he busts everyone that gets a Big Mac or tank of gas that they shouldn’t have
8:29. Delbert is probably the best candidate for governor the Democrats have
Making a demand for money and collecting money are two entirely different things. Allowing people to agree to restitution in lieu of jail time in a plea agreement is just window dressing 90% of the time. Collecting money from thieves is almost impossible. And we rarely lock people up for failing to pay restitution.
Ohhhh, I so hope Shad will write a book outlining all of his good deeds he has done and the people he has caught. I am waiting on pins and needles for the press release for it.
The little man ignored the corruption at the msboc. How many millions have been funneled through the corrupt agency? He 'recommends' oversight to the millions walking out the door every year, yet he makes NO attempt to see where the millions have gone. Oh yeah, ya'll keep track of your grants' ... that's about all he said.f If he was a real auditor, he would find the millions going down their black hole. Over an 800% increase in new contractors between 2022-23. Average rate was 300-350 and suddenly there are over 2,900 new contractors in one year? What's up? Is it data center talks or illegal immigration? You have to be a member of the good ole boy network to hide obvious corruption.
Shad is a CHILD!
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