JACKSON, Miss., Oct. 6 -- The Mississippi Attorney General issued the following news release:

Today, Attorney General Lynn Fitch, along with Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Robert Eikhoff, U.S. Attorney Baxter Kruger (Southern District, Mississippi), and U.S. Attorney Scott Leary (Northern District, Mississippi), launched Joint Task Force Vigilance, a first-of-its-kind partnership to surge personnel and resources to fight fraud, protect taxpayers, and restore law and order in Mississippi.

"Partnerships like this show that we are bringing every available tool to Mississippi to fight fraud and make Mississippi safer. The Department of Justice made Mississippi's Joint Task Force Vigilance the first of its kind, ...