Three school employees from Mississippi and Missouri have been sentenced for embezzling nearly $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Education, federal prosecutors announced.
The case was investigated in partnership with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi and the Trump administration’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, according to a statement from State Auditor Shad White.
White credited his office and federal prosecutors for uncovering the scheme. “We will continue to work as hard as we can to hold anyone who steals taxpayer funds accountable,” he said.
Two former school superintendents and a schoolteacher were sentenced in connection with the scheme. The arrests and prosecutions were part of an effort led by President Trump’s National Fraud Enforcement Division.
Jon R Myers is the executive editor of Alcorn County News and the founder of the Mississippi News Group, which he started in 2013 to cover communities across North Mississippi. He also founded the Mississippi Sports Group in 2006, which grew from a single community publication into a statewide network covering high school and college athletics. He reports on local government, public safety, schools and community life in Corinth and Alcorn County, working from public meetings, agency records and interviews with the people involved. Contact him at editor@alcornnewsms.com with news tips or corrections. For a correction, include the article link and supporting source material.
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