Any person, in any commercial dealing in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or any local government within the Commonwealth or any department or agency thereof, who knowingly falsifies, conceals, misleads, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, or makes any false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or representations, or makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry, shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-498.3
Misrepresentations prohibited
Known as the Virginia Governmental Frauds Act
The act spans §§ 18–18 (5 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Monk v. Virginia Department of Transportation (1994)
Most recently applied in Monk v. Virginia Department of Transportation (September 1994)
1980, c. 472.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.