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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Auteur principal: Crockett, James R.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2003.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Political corruption.
Misconduct in office.
Local government > Corrupt practices.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
TRUE CRIME > General.
Administration locale > Pratiques deloyales > Mississippi > Études de cas.
Corruption (Politique) > Mississippi > Études de cas.
Prevarication > Mississippi > Études de cas.
Local government > Corrupt practices > Mississippi > Case studies.
Political corruption > Mississippi > Case studies.
Misconduct in office > Mississippi > Case studies.
Mississippi.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781604739305

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