Former Mississippi Lottery VP sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to embezzlement

Comment #24

rubyred — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 19:54:46 GMT

I can too...

Comment #23

rubyred — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 19:53:22 GMT

ikr

I will bet my bubble gum this is not Hope's first rodeo with taking things that don't belong to her...

Previous employers should take notice..ijs

Comment #22

Hit2nite — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 14:18:16 GMT

Hummm, did she use the employees raises as her own? Wonder if employees received raises this whole time? It's Mississippi, I can see them saying B.S. about not getting a raise.

Comment #21

Egipts World — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 19:29:03 GMT

The article said she was VP of Human Resources

Comment #20

Wavepack — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 14:58:25 GMT

It's like the US Congress voting to give themselves big pay raises. Her mistake was she didn't include enough people in the grift.

Comment #19

dickblow — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:35:52 GMT

good put her away

Comment #18

Artist77 — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 18:16:25 GMT

I always thought the recruitment ad for HR personnel and realtors should read as follows:

Barely graduate from high school but you finally got your GED? Congratulations! Call us for great career opportunities.

Comment #17

Brock Lee — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:20:29 GMT

they always say, 'hr is there to protect the company, not you.' in this case, hr protects only hope bishop.

Comment #16

Stat$talker — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:51:42 GMT

need for winner transparency, is actually with the lottery employees themselves.

I'm willing to bet, The Fedz will find her an equally guilty cellmate, if they take a look at Ga LOz...

Lightning seemz to strike 8 timez in a row in a certain small town heaa, ..evidence of duerty ratz..

Comment #15

Artist77 — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 11:44:56 GMT

As the old saying goes, never trust anyone in human resources.

Comment #14

Todd — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 11:24:31 GMT

Comment #13

DELotteryPlyr — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 08:47:32 GMT

Interesting that they dont say HOW the embezzlement was done? And what department was she the vice president of

Comment #12

GiveFive — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 04:45:21 GMT

She wont even do five years. It's very easy to have good behavior while doing your sentence under house arrest. They'll shave off a few years of her sentence for that. She'll do maybe two and a half to three years total time.

Non violent first offender is why they took 15 years off her sentence to begin with. G5

Comment #11

Gambler4Life — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 04:31:30 GMT

I couldn't agree more.

Comment #10

Bleudog101 — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:20:39 GMT

What a joke of a sentence except for the part paying the money back. That being said suppose she fails restitution

Comment #9

zephbe — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 23:45:34 GMT

Yes in 2018-and she stole that money in 6 years? She must have been waiting on the lottery. She needs some in prison time.

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Brock Lee — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 22:25:28 GMT

cellblock? she's only getting house arrest, brah.

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hearsetrax — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 20:52:51 GMT

considering all the interesting points and BL's remark

she gets to make all kinds new friends for the time she spends in a cell block

Comment #6

Brock Lee — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 20:36:47 GMT

if you're gonna embezzle, you should give everyone an unauthorized raise.

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Sljohnson0531 — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 19:11:08 GMT

Did Mississippi just start playing lottery just a few years ago

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Sljohnson0531 — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 19:10:19 GMT

She only doing five on house arrest smh

Comment #3

noise-gate — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 17:52:36 GMT

* ...and Eddie Tipton got a slap on the wrist for how many millions

Comment #2

Nikkicute — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 17:22:48 GMT

One of the poorest states in America and some manage to still feel a need to steal from it, she ought to be ashamed of herself! Too bad they took 15 years off but 5 years should teach her a lesson.

Comment #1

Artist77 — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 17:02:24 GMT

Again, the greatest issue of concern, with the alleged claim of a need for winner transparency, is actually with the lottery employees themselves. Time and time again.

Anonymity for all states now

Former Mississippi Lottery VP sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to embezzlement

Lottery Post — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 16:44:31 GMT

Embezzling funds from a state lottery is no joke

By Kate Northrop

A former Vice President at the Mississippi Lottery pleaded guilty to embezzlement of over $187,000 and was sentenced to 20 years in state custody.

On Thursday, the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor announced that a former Mississippi Lottery Vice President pleaded guilty to embezzlement.

According to State Auditor Shad White's press release, Hope Bishop, who served as the Vice President of Human Resources at... [ More ]