VSP has arrested 24-year-old Liam Watson of Blacksburg on four indictments.

A Roanoke federal grand jury sealed an indictment earlier this month, charging 24 people from the Roanoke area with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, making false statements and fraud connected to an emergency benefits program, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia.

The Bedford Police are seeking information from the public to aid in a recent fraud investigation.

More than $1 million of fake insurance claims were collected in Virginia last year, according to Virginia State Police’s Insurance Fraud Program 2023 Annual Report. While this seems like a lot, police said this is an 80% decrease from 2022.

A Fieldale man has been indicted for allegedly engaging in a real estate fraud scheme valued at more than $1.3 million.

The Chairman of Political Science at University of Lynchburg, Dr. David Richards, weighed in on the lawsuit and the impact it could have on politics

The couple, Jessee DeLoach and Natasha DeLoach, both pleaded guilty to wire fraud in February 2022, and on Friday, the DOJ said they were both sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.