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Current, former Coast officials owe MS thousands of dollars in unpaid fines, auditor says
State Auditor Shad White on Monday released a long list of city and county officials who still owe fines as part of their sentencing for embezzlement and other crimes.
The press release said state law requires the auditor’s office to publish the report every year.
The Audit Exceptions Report for Fiscal Year 2021, which ended June 30, identified nearly 400% more stolen and misspent taxpayer money last year than it did the prior year, the report said.
An audit “exception” is a violation of the law or an accounting error that results in the misspending of public funds.
Read more: https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article253380183.html
(Gulfport Sun Herald)