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Federal Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Tuesday May 14, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Justice Dept.: Sports Equipment Sales Professional Pleads Guilty to Long-Running Bid Rigging Schemes and Conspiracy to Defraud Public Schools
WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: A former sales employee of a manufacturer and distributor of football helmets and other sports equipment pleaded guilty today for his role in three separate conspiracies -- two conspiracies to rig bids in violation of the Sherman Act and one conspiracy to commit wire fraud -- all related to sports equipment for schools located in Mississippi and elsewhere. At least 100 schools throughout Miss  more

La. U.S. Attorney: Mississippi Man Indicted for Federal Gun and Drug Charges
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: JARVIS WILSON (WILSON), age 39, a resident of Jackson, Mississippi was charged on May 9, 2024 by a federal grand jury in a six-count indictment announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. Counts 1 and 2 charges him with distribution of 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A). Count 3 ch  more

Miss. U.S. Attorney: Sports Equipment Sales Professional Pleads Guilty to Long-Running Bid Rigging Schemes and Conspiracy to Defraud Public Schools
JACKSON, Mississippi, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: A former sales employee of a manufacturer and distributor of football helmets and other sports equipment pleaded guilty today for his role in three separate conspiracies -- two conspiracies to rig bids in violation of the Sherman Act and one conspiracy to commit wire fraud -- all related to sports equipment for schools located in Mississippi  more