The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds are part of a lawsuit filed against 38 people or companies that seeks to recover millions in federal funds. "I now have the opportunity to focus on my family at home and pursue a position outside of state government," Davis wrote in a statement announcing his resignation. There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. The documentation submitted by the News claimed this was to pay DiBiase for conducting training classes that never, in fact, took place, investigators said. The former head of the Mississippi Department of Human Services has been arrested as part of a multi-million dollar embezzlement scheme that among other things paid for a former . All rights reserved. DHS spokesperson Danny Blanton rejected the auditors narrative that the department concealed fraud reports from the auditors office. But their counsel argued that a broader order that prevented White and Anderson from discussing Davis tenure overall such as policies, procedures and events separate from the criminal charges would be too restrictive and prevent them from being transparent with the public about ongoing investigations and findings. After DHS employees reported their findings to the Governor, the State Auditor was notified and the investigation was launched. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's embezzlement allegations targeting the flour scheme in Punjab have upset the interim government, as it termed the former . Mississippi Auditor Shad White attends Cindy Hyde-Smith's watch party at the Westin Jackson Wednesday, November 27, 2018. According to the auditor's office, Davis and another DHS employee made fake invoices to pay Brett DiBiase a former pro wrestler who later became a DHS employee with money intended to helppoor families. Anyone can read what you share. We confirmed that it was John Davis who was making those approvals on the money. There really hadnt been the internal auditing capability, the program integrity ability before that we had at that point that was created, explained DHS Chief Communications Officer Danny Blanton. Reginald Johnson had been with MDHS since 2007. Blanton also said that since the department was still under contract with the nonprofits in the last months of 2019, the beginning of fiscal year 2020, it could not simply cut off their funding while auditors were investigating allegations. Mississippi Today retrieved a 2017 email from Family Resource Center director Christi Webb, in which she described to Davis allegations of blatant deception at one of their partners, the local community action agency in Greenville, Warren-Washington-Issaqueena-Sharkey Community Action Agency or WWISCAA.
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