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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Detalles Bibliográficos
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
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Timeline of Significant Events Related to Operation Pretense
  • The Operation Pretense Investigation and Related Trials
  • A License to Steal
  • Perry County--The First Trial
  • Wayne County--Two Trials and 60 Minutes
  • Lamar County--Campaign Contributions
  • Claiborne County--A Not Guilty Verdict
  • Winston County--"I Didn't Know What a Kickback Was"
  • Marion County--Pretense Plus
  • A Vendor's Trial--Bobby Little Never Busted an Invoice
  • Related Matters
  • The Auditors
  • The Unit System--Slow Progress
  • State Highway Commissioners--We Play Too
  • Madison County--Who Pays for the Backhoe?
  • Plea Bargains
  • Action in North Mississippi--Panola, Pontotoc, and Monroe Counties
  • The Vortex of the Maelstrom--Attala, Leake, and Neshoba Counties
  • The I-20 East Corridor--Scott, Newton, and Lauderdale Counties
  • Rankin County--Three Boards of Supervisors in One Year
  • Three Southern Counties with Five Crooked Supervisors--Smith, Jasper, and Clarke Counties
  • Big-Time Corruption in South Mississippi--Copiah, Lincoln, Covington, and Greene Counties
  • Crime on the Coast--Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson Counties
  • The Vendors--It Takes Two to Tango
  • Epilogue--Will the Beat Return?
  • Counties and Their Officials Who Were Charged Under Operation Pretense, Indicted Highway Commissioners, and Vendors Charged in Operation Pretense--Disposition of the Cases
  • The Tale of the Tapes.

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