Toni Johnson pleads responsible in Hinds County Election Fee fraud scandal

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Hinds County Election Commissioner Toni Johnson pled responsible on Monday, January 9, 2023, to 2 counts of embezzlement by a public official.

Hinds County District Legal professional Jody Owens stated Johnson additionally pled responsible to 1 depend of constructing false representations to defraud the federal government.

Johnson, who represented District 2, served as chairperson of the Hinds County Election Fee in 2020 and once more in 2021, till her resignation as chairperson following the
investigation into suspected fraud.

Johnson was indicted on a number of felony prices involving the embezzlement of Hinds County property and the submission of false claims to defraud the Hinds County.

Owens stated Johnson was sentenced to twenty years within the custody of the Mississippi Division of Corrections (MDOC) with 15 years suspended. She’s going to serve 5 years in MDOC’s Intensive Supervised Probation adopted by 5 years of post-release supervision.

Johnson was additionally ordered to pay restitution within the quantity of $24,216 to be paid over the course of her probationary interval.

Sudie Teague-Jones and Cedric Cornelius beforehand led responsible in connection to the Hinds County Election Fee scandal case.