Former Bay Springs clerk sentenced for embezzling city funds Gavel on wooden block (Source: Gray News) By Renaldo Hopkins | March 4, 2021 at 11:20 AM CST - Updated March 4 at 3:35 PM
BAY SPRINGS, Miss. (WDAM) - A former Bay Springs city administrator has been sentenced to prison for federal crimes dealing with embezzlement of city funds.
According to the State Auditor Shad White, former Bay Spring City Clerk Randy James, 56, was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison, followed by three years of probation, Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Taylor McNeel.
James pleaded guilty to charges of money laundering and making false statements on a federal tax return before Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett on Oct. 7, 2020.
Former Bay Springs clerk sentenced for embezzling city funds
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