A nonprofit group caught up in an apparent embezzlement scheme in Mississippi used federal welfare money to pay former NFL quarterback Brett Favre $1.1M for multiple speaking engagements.
2/4 I have never received monies for obligations I didn’t meet. To reiterate Auditors White’s statement, I was unaware that the money being dispersed was paid for out of funds not intended for that purpose, and because of that I am refunding the full amount back to Mississippi.The audit was released months after a former Human Services director and five other people were indicted on state charges of embezzling about $4 million.
White said the Human Services audit “shows the most egregious misspending my staff have seen in their careers." Favre, who lives in Mississippi, faces no criminal charges. The audit report lists the payments to him as “questioned” costs, which White said means “auditors either saw clear misspending or could not verify the money had been lawfully spent.”
AP left a phone message Wednesday at Mississippi Community Education Center's Jackson office with questions about the payments to Favre. There was no immediate response.
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