Press Releases
| APRIL 2009 | |
| April 20 | MOTHER AND SON SENTENCED IN THEFT OF GOVERNMENT FUEL CARDS |
| April 17 | FORMER BANKRUPTCY DEBTOR CONVICTED FOR FAILURE TO DISCLOSE LAWSUIT ON BANKRUPTCY SCHEDULES |
| April 17 | CRAIG FORNETT SENTENCED FOR DEFRAUDING THE GOVERNMENT REGARDING SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE |
| April 14 | FORMER OWNER OF METRO MITSUBISHI AND METRO HYUNDAI CHARGED WITH FRAUD |
| April 14 | MISSISSIPPI MAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| MARCH 2009 | |
| March 5 | LEXINGTON PHYSICIAN SENTENCED FOR FILING FALSE FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS |
| March 3 | OWNER AND MANAGERS OF STIX RESTAURANT APPEAR IN COURT ON FEDERAL CRIMINAL IMMIGRATION CHARGES |
| FEBRUARY 2009 | |
| February 25 | DEFENDANT GUILTY OF ALIEN SMUGGLING |
| February 20 | ARKANSAS WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| February 18 | MISSISSIPPI MAN SENTENCED AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| February 9 | MISSISSIPPI WOMAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| February 9 | MISSISSIPPI MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| February 5 | GULFPORT MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| February 5 | MOTHER AND SON PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO STEALING GOVERNMENT FUNDS BY ILLEGALLY USING GOVERNMENT FUEL CARDS |
| February 4 | FORMER HATTIESBURG MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| JANUARY 2009 | |
| January 30 | TWO INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF HEALTH CARE FRAUD |
| January 29 | UNITED STATES ATTORNEY DUNN LAMPTON ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT |
| January 29 | DEFENDANT GUILTY OF FORGING FALSE RESIDENT ALIEN CARDS |
| January 28 | OCEAN SPRINGS WOMAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| January 28 | FORMER PASS CHRISTIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| January 28 | GULFPORT MAYOR AND WIFE ARRESTED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| January 16 | WISCONSIN MAN ARRESTED FOR THREATENING TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA |
| January 9 | MISSISSIPPI BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED FOR WILLFULLY FAILING TO FILE TAX RETURNS |
| January 9 | COAST FISHERMAN SENTENCED FOR DISASTER FISHERIES PROGRAM FRAUD |
| January 7 | PASS CHRISTIAN MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| DECEMBER 2008 | |
| December 16 | FORMER DIRECTOR OF U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS’ INSTITUTE SENTENCED ON FEDERAL EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE |
| December 4 | GAUTIER RESIDENTS PLEAD TO DISASTER FISHERIES PROGRAM FRAUD |
| December 3 | NINE DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL IDENTITY FRAUD CHARGES INVOLVING EMPLOYMENT AT HOWARD INDUSTRIES |
| NOVEMBER 2008 | |
| November 26 | GULFPORT MAN ARRAIGNED ON KATRINA FRAUD CHARGES |
| November 26 | LONG BEACH MAN ARRAIGNED ON KATRINA FRAUD CHARGES |
| November 24 | LUMBERTON POLICE CHIEF ARRESTED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| Novmeber 19 | PICAYUNE MAN GOES TO PRISON FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| November 19 | Former Mortgage Loan Broker Pleads Guilty in $1 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme |
| November 10 | GREEN COUNTY SUPERVISOR CHARGED WITH BRIBERY AND PERJURY |
| November 12 | JACKSON ATTORNEY SENTENCED TO 32 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR BANKRUPTCY FRAUD, WIRE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING |
| November 12 | GEORGE COUNTY BUSINESSMAN CHARGED WITH BRIBERY AND CURRENCY REPORTING VIOLATIONS |
| November 5 | MISSISSIPPI MAN SENTENCED AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| November 5 | MISSISSIPPI WOMAN SENTENCED AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| OCTOBER 2008 | |
| October 31 | U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL RECOGNIZES TWO CASES FROM THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISIPPI IN NATIONAL AWARDS DAY CEREMONY |
| October 30 | REPORTING ELECTION DAY VIOLATIONS ---- NOV 4 |
| October 23 | JURY RETURNS GUILTY VERDICT ON ELEVEN COUNTS OF KATRINA FRAUD |
| October 22 | Ocean Springs Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Controlled Substances |
| October 17 | LOCAL ATTORNEY AND LOCAL BUSINESSMAN PLEAD GUILTY IN UNRELATED FRAUDULENT BANK LOAN SCHEMES |
| October 17 | LEXINGTON PHYSICIAN FOUND GUILTY OF FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS |
| October 8 | BILOXI MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO LYING TO FEDERAL MARSHALS |
| October 7 | FORMER DIRECTOR OF U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS’ INSTITUTE PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE |
| October 7 | FORMER FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICER PLEADS GUILTYTO BRIBERY CHARGE |
| SEPTEMBER 2008 | |
| September 30 | MISSISSIPPI MAN SENTENCED TO SIXTEEN MONTHS FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| September 19 | BAY ST. LOUIS WOMAN GETS PRISON TERM FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| September 17 | TWO JACKSON MEN ARRAIGNED IN FEDERAL COURT TODAY ON ROBBERY, CARJACKING AND FIREARMS CHARGES |
| September 10 | MISSISSIPPI WOMAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| September 4 | DISASTER FRAUD HOTLINE AVAILABLE TO REPORT HURRICANE GUSTAV-RELATED FRAUD |
| AUGUST 2008 | |
| August 15 | Former Mortgage Loan Broker Charged in $1 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme |
| August 5 | FIVE INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| August 5 | Former Mortgage Loan Broker Charged with Multiple Counts of Fraud, Money Laundering and Obstruction of Justice |
| August 5 | TWO MISSISSIPPIANS PLEAD GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| JULY 2008 | |
| July 29 | FORMER DIRECTOR OF U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS’ INSTITUTE INDICTED ON FEDERAL EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES |
| July 11 | JACKSON MAN SENTENCED FOR BANK ROBBERY |
| July 10 | BILOXI MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| July 8 | Aberdeen Woman Pleads Guilty to Katrina Fraud |
| July 7 | BILOXI COUPLE CHARGED WITH CUSTOMS AND WIRE FRAUD CONSPIRACY |
| JUNE 2008 | |
| June 27 | FORMER FINANCE COMPANY PRESIDENT SENTENCED IN BANK FRAUD SCHEME |
| June 26 | TWO DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN "OPERATION STONE DUCK" FOR METHAMPHETAMINE SALE AND ILLEGAL DEER HUNTING |
| June 24 | COAST FISHERMAN PLEADS TO DISASTER FISHERIES PROGRAM FRAUD |
| June 16 | JACKSON MAN SENTENCED FOR ESCAPE |
| June 16 | GULFPORT MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| June 13 | JONES COUNTY WOMAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| June 11 | FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM SENTENCED TO 9 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
| June 6 | LOUISIANA RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR CLINTON BANK ROBBERY |
| June 4 | ARREST MADE IN ILLEGAL KILLING OF A BLACK BEAR IN MISSISSIPPI |
| June 2 | SOUTH CAROLINA MAN SENTENCED FOR TRANSPORTING ILLEGAL ALIENS BY AIRPLANE |
| MAY 2008 | |
| May 27 | Father and Daughter Charged With Mortgage Loan Fraud |
| May 27 | GULFPORT WOMAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| May 21 | 4 ARRESTED IN INVESTIGATION |
| May 19 | CALIFORNIA COUPLE PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| May 16 | SIX DEFENDANTS IN CENTRAL, MS AND TWO DEFENDANTS IN LOS ANGELES, CA, CHARGED IN A MULTI KILOGRAM COCAINE DISTRIBUTION CONSPIRACY |
| May 9 | THREE SENTENCED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT |
| May 9 | MISSISSIPPI MAN SENTENCED FOR STEALING MAIL |
| May 7 | FORMER FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICER INDICTED ON BRIBERY CHARGE AND ATTEMPTING TO PROVIDE CONTRABAND IN FEDERAL PRISON |
| April 2008 | |
| April 24 | FOURTEEN INMATES INDICTED FOR HURRICANE KATRINA FRAUD |
| April 22 | JACKSON RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR TAX FRAUD |
| April 11 | JACKSON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CLINTON BANK ROBBERY |
| April 9 | FORMER JACKSON MORTGAGE BROKERS SENTENCED IN SEPARATE MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEMES |
| April 1 | GULFPORT MAN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT RECEIPT OF MILITARY DECORATIONS AND MEDALS |
| March 2008 | |
| March 27 | JACKSON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ESCAPE |
| March 25 | TWO ARRESTED IN SEPARATE CASES ALLEGING FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT RECEIPT OF MILITARY DECORATIONS AND MEDALS |
| March 17 | INDIVIDUAL PLEADS GUILTY TO BANK ROBBERY |
| March 13 | MOSS POINT MAN FOUND GUILTY OF KATRINA FRAUD |
| March 03 | SOUTH CAROLINA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TRANSPORTING ILLEGAL ALIENS BY AIRPLANE |
| March 03 | DOCTOR AND SON SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY TO EVADE FEDERAL INCOME TAXES; DOCTOR ALSO SENTENCED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX EVASION |
| February 2008 | |
| Ferbruary 27 | BUSINESSMAN ADMITS GUILT IN WILLFULLY FAILING TO FILE TAX RETURNS |
| February 26 | FORMER FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SENTENCED ON BRIBERY CHARGE |
| February 21 | OCEAN SPRINGS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SBA AND KATRINA FRAUD |
| February 13 | MOSS POINT WOMAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR MAIL FRAUD |
| February 13 | BILOXI MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR LURING CHILD |
| February 7 | CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST THE COUNTRY CLUB OF JACKSON FOR IMMIGRATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY VIOLATIONS; UNITED STATES AND THE COUNTRY CLUB ENTER INTO DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENT Criminal Complaint CCJ (Filed) 2/06/08 JOINT MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENT AND EXCLUSION OF TIME UNDER THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT Deferred Prosecution Agreement (Filed) Statement of Facts (Filed) Exhibit B -- Letter to Aliens Giving Them 45 Days (Filed) |
| February 1 | Alabama Woman Sentenced |
| February 1 | JACKSON MAN SENTENCED FOR POSTAL CRIMES |
| February 1 | STATE PRISONER SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| January 2008 | |
| January 31 | MADISON MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR LURING CHILD |
| January 31 | STATE LINE RESIDENT ADMITS TERRORISM HOAX |