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Defendant in Mississippi auditor’s ‘second largest’ embezzlement case in history goes free

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Four years ago, agents from the state auditor’s office arrested Tunica nonprofit operator Mardis Jones in what the office trumpeted as the second-largest embezzlement case in its history and demanded Jones return over $1 million to the state. The charges accused Jones of stealing $750,000 from a home rehabilitation program he was supposed to be administering while turning away needy rural residents living in crumbling houses. But his defense att…

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Defendant in Mississippi auditor’s ‘second largest’ embezzlement case in history goes free

A man accused by the Mississippi state auditor and attorney general of stealing $750,000 from a Tunica home rehab program has been found not guilty. In 2021, agents from the auditor’s office arrested Mardis Jones in what the office trumpeted…

·Cherokee County, United States
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Daily Journal broke the news in Cherokee County, United States on Friday, June 27, 2025.
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