Public Integrity

The Mississippi Attorney General, through its Public Integrity Division (PID), is resolutely committed to accountability and transparency to all Mississippians. The PID is focused on ensuring trust in public service. It primarily investigates and prosecutes public corruption and white-collar crime, including investigations and review of officer involved shootings, allegations of improper uses of force, abuse of power, and other misconduct of public officials. PID is also responsible for the prosecution of distinct types of criminal cases, including insurance fraud, mail and wire fraud, public assistance fraud, and exploitation of vulnerable adults. The office therefore readily receives information regarding the potential violation of Mississippi law involving public integrity.

Special Victims Unit

The Attorney General’s Special Victims Unit is a specialized unit with the Public Integrity Division that focuses on crimes against vulnerable populations, such as children, the elderly, adults with special needs, as well as victims of sexual assault, human trafficking, and domestic violence. The unit is comprised of 12 investigators and prosecutors who are highly experienced and uniquely equipped at handling these types of victim-centered criminal cases. And you can learn more about how you can help defeat child abuse here.

To submit information regarding potential violations, please submit the public integrity complaint form here.

If you have questions about cases involving any of these matters, please email them here.

Brandon Ogburn, Director
Public Integrity

Brandon Ogburn currently serves as the Director of the Public Integrity Division where he supervises a team of prosecutors. Brandon joined the Attorney General’s Office in 2006, serving as a Special Assistant Attorney General in the Public Integrity Division. He and his team represent the State of Mississippi as prosecutors providing legal advice on criminal investigations involving a variety of criminal conduct, presenting cases to grand juries for consideration and prosecuting felony charges in all Circuit Courts throughout Mississippi. His primary focus is the prosecution of white-collar crime, public corruption, fraud, cybercrime, and special victims related cases.

Brandon previously served as the Director of the Cyber Crime Division from 2009-2020 where he supervised prosecutors, investigators, digital evidence forensic examiners and the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) personnel. During his tenure, he successfully prosecuted felony criminal cases related to Child Exploitation, Intellectual Property Theft, Cyber Stalking and Computer Intrusion cases.

Prior to his career in state government, Brandon spent five years in private practice as a civil litigator. His practice included the areas of product liability, pharmaceutical, toxic tort, mass tort, and insurance defense litigation.

Brandon received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Spanish from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and his Juris Doctor degree from Samford University. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Prosecutors Association.