W. Va. Code § 33-46A-4a: Operation of a PEO without a license; enforcement; penalties; fraud unit may investigate.

(a) Any person who operates a PEO without a license issued in accordance with this article is subject to the all of the injunctive, criminal, civil and administrative relief and criminal penalties as provided in article forty-four of this chapter for the unauthorized transaction of insurance.

(b) In addition to the other investigative authority granted to the commissioner in this chapter, the insurance fraud unit created pursuant to the provisions of section eight, article forty-one of this chapter may investigate suspected violations of this article.