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W. Va. Code § 8-22-27b

Fraud; penalties; and repayment

Known as the Municipal Code

The act spans §§ 8-10-1 to 8-9-4 (711 sections).

Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or who falsifies or permits to be falsified any record of a municipal policemen’s or municipal firemen’s pension and relief fund in any attempt to defraud that system is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or confined in jail not more than 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 on demand by the board of trustees or by demand of the Municipal Pensions Oversight Board.

Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.