Milledgeville insurance office sold while under state scrutiny
Within the last two weeks,
It's not believed that the sale was necessarily connected to the investigation, he said.
The GBI and the
Wooten specified that the investigation is of Wilkinson as a company, not of Bentley as an individual.
"We have no information at this time that he used his role as mayor in the matter we're investigating," Wooten said.
The insurance commissioner's office is the lead agency in the investigation, with the GBI assisting. In the past month there have been no new developments announced in the case, and the investigation continues, said
Allen said the investigation began after the insurance commissioner got a complaint in November.
State insurance investigators visited Wilkinson's office and interviewed several employees at that time, with the GBI joining later, he said.
On
He said a
Bentley, mayor of Milledgeville for a decade and elected to a third term in 2013, took a health-related leave of absence from office in
Without that coverage, the trucking company couldn't operate, Harris said.
Investigators from the insurance commission searched Wilkinson's office
Harris' attorney,
"Nope, not yet," Kendall said.
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