West Virginia Code 20-18-32 – Fraud; penalties; and repayment
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Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or who falsifies or permits to be falsified any record of the retirement system in any attempt to defraud that system is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not to exceed $1,000 or confined in jail not to exceed one year, or both fined and confined. Any increased benefit received by any person as a result of the falsification or fraud shall be returned to the fund upon demand by the board.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 20-18-32
- Board: means the Consolidated Public Retirement Board created pursuant to §. See West Virginia Code 20-18-2
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Fund: means the West Virginia Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement Fund created pursuant to §. See West Virginia Code 20-18-2
- Person: except as otherwise defined elsewhere in this chapter, means the plural "persons" and shall include individuals, partnerships, corporations or other legal entities. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2
- retirement: means a member's termination from the employ of a participating public employer and the commencement of an annuity by the plan. See West Virginia Code 20-18-2