{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-8-22-27b","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 8-22-27b","heading":"Fraud; penalties; and repayment.","body":"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.","path":["CHAPTER 8. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.","ARTICLE 22. RETIREMENT BENEFITS GENERALLY; POLICEMEN\\'S PENSION AND RELIEF FUND; FIREMEN\\'S PENSION AND RELIEF FUND; PENSION PLANS FOR EMPLOYEES OF WATERWORKS SYSTEM, SEWERAGE SYSTEM OR COMBINED WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/8-22-27B/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:20:58Z","sha256":"8c6b5a909edb99744b39121f032e1dfb68c398ff631fa47cccb22ffa82baa2e5","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-8-22-27a","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-8-22-28"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}