JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The U.S. Government will reveal what it has taken years to piece together beginning next week: Mississippi’s largest public embezzlement scheme and the conspiracy that ensnared nearly a dozen people.
Jury selection for the trial of Ted DiBiase Jr. is set to begin in four days. The former wrestler is the only person indicted in the scandal who decided to fight charges of money laundering, theft, wire fraud, and conspiracy.
DiBiase could still take a plea deal before the trial begins.
Charges and allegations
DiBiase is accused of pocketing nearly $4 million in welfare dollars, concealing the money through fake contracts, and then using that money for his own benefit…