Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of the retirement system in any attempt to defraud the system shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished accordingly.

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 5-10-45

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Retirement: means a member's withdrawal from the employ of a participating public employer and the commencement of an annuity by the retirement system. See West Virginia Code 5-10-2
  • system: means the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System created and established by this article. See West Virginia Code 5-10-2