The fraud allegations were first revealed in 2020 by state prosecutors in one of the largest cases involving embezzlement claims in state history. Six people have been indicted on state charges.
Accounting firm CliftonLarsonAllen released a 175-pageWhite said in a 2020 press conference the case was the"most egregious misspending my staff have seen in their careers at the Office of the State Auditor." He later added,"when you read this one-hundred-plus page audit, you will see that, if there was a way to misspend money, it seems DHS leadership or their grantees thought of it and tried it.
Most of the misappropriated funds are alleged to have been stolen through a now-dissolved anti-poverty program called Families First for Mississippi, co-operated by the Mississippi Community Education Center, according to the audit. The MCEC did not reply to a request for comment from ABC News.PHOTO: US Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, April 1, 2022.
Johnson said Mississippi State Auditor's findings were referred to the Justice Department,"however, nearly two years later, despite the overwhelming documentary evidence of fraud, forgery, and abuse in this matter, DOJ has not yet launched a criminal investigation."
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