Newsroom@DominionPost.com CLARKSBURG — U.S. Attorney Bill Powell has announced that Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg has agreed to pay $320,175.71 for false medical claims. According the settlement, […]
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WorkForce W.Va. warns unemployment recipients of fraud, identity theft
Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — WorkForce West Virginia has mailed 1099-Gs to nearly 200,000 individuals who received unemployment benefits last year and is urging recipients to be on guard […]
Metz pleads to election petition fraud charge
A man who attempted to run for Morgantown City Council in 2019 pleaded guilty Thursday in Monongalia County Circuit Court to falsely filing a certificate of nomination. […]
Ex-professor sentenced for fraud
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Dr. Qingyun Sun, of Morgantown, was sentenced Friday to three years of probation, with the first four months on home confinement, after defrauding West Virginia University […]
Election officials refute Trump’s mail-in ballot fraud allegations
The top elections official in the Mountain State delivered a rebuttal to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, hours after the president, on national television, alleged widespread, mail-in […]
Michigan man charged with defrauding 86-year-old Preston County resident
KINGWOOD — A Michigan man is charged with taking $3,000 from an 86-year-old to do plumbing work and never doing the project. Kenneth Robert Carter Jr., 53, […]
Former professor pleads guilty to fraud
A former West Virginia University professor pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in the Northern District of West Virginia on Thursday. Dr. Qingyun Sun, of Morgantown, admitted […]
Morrisey ’s disability fraud unit saves $1.8M in quarter, eclipses $22M in total savings
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s disability fraud partnership generated more than $1.8 million in savings in the first quarter of 2020. The three-month tally […]
Former Morgantown City Council candidate charged with election fraud
A former candidate for Morgantown’s City Council is charged with two election fraud-related charges. Timothy Aaron Metz, 44, is charged with falsely filing a certification of nomination […]
