The state auditor says a former vice president of the Mississippi Lottery Corporation has been sentenced to five years of house arrest after she pleaded guilty to embezzlement for giving
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The former vice president of Human Resources at the Mississippi Lottery Corporation (MLC) pled guilty to embezzlement. State Auditor Shad White said Hope Bishop was arrested in November 2023. Bishop is accused of giving herself unauthorized raises. The MLC staff discovered Bishop’s embezzlement and reported it to the State Auditor’s office [.]