Operation pretense : the FBI's sting on county corruption in Mississippi /

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During the 1980s fifty-seven of Mississippi's 410 county supervisors from twenty-six of the state's eighty-two counties were charged with corruption. The FBI's ploy to catch the criminals was code-named Operation Pretense. Ingenious undercover investigation exposed the supervisors...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Crockett, James R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2003.
Temas:
Misconduct in office > Mississippi > Case studies.
Political corruption > Mississippi > Case studies.
Local government > Corrupt practices > Mississippi > Case studies.
Prévarication > Mississippi > Études de cas.
Corruption (Politique) > Mississippi > Études de cas.
Administration locale > Pratiques déloyales > Mississippi > Études de cas.
TRUE CRIME > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Local government > Corrupt practices
Misconduct in office
Political corruption
Mississippi
Case studies
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Sumario:During the 1980s fifty-seven of Mississippi's 410 county supervisors from twenty-six of the state's eighty-two counties were charged with corruption. The FBI's ploy to catch the criminals was code-named Operation Pretense. Ingenious undercover investigation exposed the supervisors' wide-scaled subterfuge in purchasing goods and services. Because supervisors themselves controlled and monitored the purchasing system, they could supply sham documentation and spurious invoices. Operation Pretense was devised in response to the complaint of a disgruntled company owner, a Pentecostal preacher who ba.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 339 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-329) and index.
ISBN:9781604739305
1604739304

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