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Tue Nov 23, 2021, 01:25 AM Nov 2021

Ex-Deputy Municipal Clerk Faces Embezzlement Charge

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former deputy municipal clerk in a Mississippi town was arrested Thursday for allegedly embezzling cash from residents paying their water bills.

#Juanyana Holloway, 23, who worked for the Town of Sumrall, was arrested after being indicted for fraud, alteration of records and embezzlement by a local grand jury. Special agents with state Auditor Shad White's office also handed Holloway a $28,686 demand letter. The amount includes interest and investigative expenses, White said in a news release.

#Holloway is accused of embezzling cash as Sumrall residents paid their water bills. To conceal the scheme, Holloway allegedly did not include cash collections on daily bank deposit slips. From summer 2018 to summer 2020, Holloway purportedly took over $13,000 from the town, White said.

#“As the native of a small town in the Pine Belt myself, my team and I will never turn a blind eye to what is happening with taxpayer money in our community,” White said. “We will hold the line and enforce the law wherever we find theft of public funds.”

Read more: https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2021/nov/19/ex-deputy-municipal-clerk-faces-embezzlement-charg/

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