A Taylorville native who is a former Govenor and US Senator is at the center of a financial scandal. Jon Corzine, who leads MF Global Holdings, is being questioned over apparent misuse of funds. Andrew Ross Sorkin, a financial analyst and columnist for the New York Times, said on NBC Television that there is a lot of money at the root of the controversy:

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Corzine, who was raised in Christian County and graduated from Taylorville High School, became the CEO of Goldman Sachs before being elected US Senator from New Jersey and then the State’s Governor.