Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said Tuesday that his office is investigating some former WorldCom executives. Hood told 16 WAPT News that his office is considering filing criminal charges or a civil suit in the case.

bq. Hood did not identify the executives, saying he is planning a specific announcement in the next three months. “At this point, we are looking at actually how to proceed,” Hood said. “It’s a tax issue with the state. The state is owed a lot of money.”

Earlier, New Mexico AG had sued WorldCom