CODE OF VIRGINIA

FALSE STATEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS, IMPERSONATIONS AND FRAUDULENT DEVICES;
PENALTY (§ 63.2-522)

Whoever obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any person in
obtaining, by means of a willful false statement or representation, or by
impersonation, or other fraudulent device, public assistance or benefits from
other programs designated under regulations of the Board, State Board of Health
or the Board of Medical Assistance Services to which he is not entitled or who
fails to comply with the provisions of § 63.2-513 is guilty of larceny. It
shall be the duty of the local director, the Commissioner of Health or the
Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services to investigate alleged
violations and enforce the provisions of this section. A warrant or summons may
be issued for each violation of which the local director, the Commissioner of
Health or the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services has
knowledge. The local director, the Commissioner or the Director shall ensure
that the attorney for the Commonwealth is notified of any investigation or
alleged violation under this section. Trial for violations of this section shall
be in the county or city from whose local department assistance was sought or
obtained.In any prosecution under the provisions of this section, it shall be
lawful and sufficient in the same indictment or accusation to charge and therein
to proceed against the accused for any number of distinct acts of such false
statements, representations, impersonations or fraudulent devices that may have
been committed by him within six months from the first to the last of the acts
charged in the indictment or accusation.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 63-137, 63-140.14, 63-159, 63-201, 63-217; 1952, c.
533; 1962, c. 621; 1968, c. 578, § 63.1-124; 1972, c. 659; 1975, c. 207; 1978,
cc. 535, 672; 1982, c. 282; 1984, c. 578; 1986, cc. 93, 551; 1995, c. 294; 2002,
c. 747.