Editor's Note: This is Part 1 of a three part series NEMISS.NEWS will publish regarding the matter the state auditor has called the biggest embezzlement of public funds in Mississippi history. With your help, we've gotten a lot done but we're not finished yet! Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. READ OUR FULL MISSISSIPPI WELFARE COVERAGE, Audit: 5.5% of Mississippis unemployment payouts in 2020 were improper, Jill Biden visits Jackson State vaccination site, encourages Mississippians to get your shot, $9,500-a-month mortgage on his horse ranch, Anna Wolfe answers reader questions about the Mississippi welfare scandal, Welfare case judge shoots down Brett Favres attempts to dismiss charges, Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic. (WLBT) The audit released less than a year later said that according to its budget, Victory Sports used the nearly $1.4 million welfare subgrant to pay for staff and coaches, a program design fee, equipment, an onsite nurse, marketing and other administration costs, and to purchase a $20,000 trailer and a $70,000 vehicle. ", Danny Blanton Chief Communications Officer with DHS did give us this statement. Hearst Television participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. He added that, Anything they gave to the campaign will be there waiting to return to the taxpayers and help the people it was intended for. Gov. Start a recurring donation of any amount to further this work and help hold public officials and those in power accountable. Listen to this article Five of the six people accused in what could be the largest embezzlement scheme on record in Mississippi pleaded not guilty on Friday. New sent a similar email to former Department of Human Services Director Christopher Freeze, who took over for Davis a few months after Davis retired in 2019. Davis resigned as head of MDHS in July, 2019. Former director of MDHS and others arrested in largest public MDHS sits down to discuss the embezzlement case for the first time since the news broke a week ago.
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