State, federal charges in Miss. govt. agency probe
Source: Associated Press
State, federal charges in Miss. govt. agency probe
By HOLBROOK MOHR and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press | November 7, 2013 | Updated: November 7, 2013 5:51pm
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The former director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, his son, and two others have been indicted on federal corruption charges involving hundreds of thousands of dollars in public money.
That indictment — and another involving a former city manager in south Mississippi — were unsealed Thursday, not long after five former MDMR employees were indicted on state charges.
One federal indictment charged the agency's former director, Bill Walker, 68, of Ocean Springs, and his son, 34-year-old Scott Walker, and two former agency employees.
Among the allegations, the indictment said the Walkers conspired with one other person to use MDMR's money to buy land in which the Walkers had a financial interest and also allegedly embezzled $210,000. Another federal indictment unsealed Thursday charged Scott Walker and another person who was a former city manager for the city of D'Iberville with the fraudulent use of about $180,000 in public money.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/State-federal-charges-in-Miss-govt-agency-probe-4965201.php
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... alive and well in the effing deep south. 
It's not like Whitey Bulger's brother was big in MA politics for years or anything...
... but I wasn't being all-inclusive. So don't be too hard on me. 
