{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-2a-16","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 15-2A-16","heading":"Fraud; penalties.","body":"Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or who falsifies or permits to be falsified any record or records of the retirement system in any attempt to defraud that system is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000, or confinement in the county jail not to exceed one year or both.","path":["CHAPTER 15. PUBLIC SAFETY.","ARTICLE 2A. WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/15-2A-16/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:22:43Z","sha256":"ba7caddd135d6e3a40df2bf3a954952d19c74b0fa5ea8f1d89f73104a07c4fd9","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-2a-15","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-2a-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}