State Auditor releases findings from MDHS Single Audit (Mississippi)

Reporter in video opens: Now, to the largest case of taxpayer embezzlement in Mississippi;history…

Posted: May 4, 2020 / 12:59 PM CDT / Updated: May 4, 2020 / 06:24 PM CDT

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – According to an audit released by State Auditor Shad White, millions of dollars of grants from the Mississippi Department of Human Services (DHS) were misspent, converted to personal use, spent on family members and friends of staffers and grantees, or wasted.

“This completed audit of DHS for the previous year shows the most egregious misspending my staff have seen in their careers at the Office of the State Auditor,” said White…

…“This audit should be a wake-up call to everyone in government. The old way of doing things, where you do whatever your boss or a person who controls a lot of money tells you to do, or you ignore the law around how to spend money because you think no one is looking—those days are over,” said White.

Video report/article: https://www.wjtv.com/news/state-auditor-to-discuss-single-audit-findings-at-mdhs/