Auditor demands more than $200,000 from Lincoln County chancery clerk
BROOKHAVEN -- Mississippi's state auditor is demanding that a southwest Mississippi official repay more than $200,000 to county government.
State Auditor Shad White on Thursday released a report saying Lincoln County Chancery Clerk Tillmon Bishop needs to repay the money, The Daily Leader of Brookhaven reported.
Auditors contend Bishop improperly paid eight employees with $163,000 in county money instead of fees collected by the chancery clerk's office. They also say Bishop improperly paid $53,000 in salary and expenses after the end of the 2017 budget year.
Bishop said no money has been taken from his office and the findings were due to errors in bookkeeping. He said there's confusion in part because he wrote a check from the account that holds fees back to another account that holds county-provided money to settle money that was earlier transferred between accounts. Bishop said he intends to meet with auditors to try to resolve discrepancies.
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