Title: U.S. Attorney Will Thompson to Announce Indictment and Arrest in $3.4 Million Scheme to Defraud Boone County Schools Date: 2024-12-11 URL: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/us-attorney-will-thompson-announce-indictment-and-arrest-34-million-scheme-defraud Component: USAO - West Virginia, Southern Text as published in the justice.gov press-release API record (https://www.justice.gov/api/v1/press_releases.json?title=Announce+Indictment+and+Arrest&pagesize=50&fields=title%2Curl%2Cdate%2Cbody%2Cuuid%2Ccomponent%2Cnumber%2Cchanged%2Ccreated), retrieved 2026-09-30T11:25:54Z: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Will Thompson will join with law enforcement officials to hold a press conference on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at 3 p.m.  to announce an indictment alleging a scheme to defraud the Boone County Board of Education out of approximately $3.4 million. WHO: U.S. Attorney Will Thompson and law enforcement officials WHAT: Press conference announcing an unsealed indictment and arrest WHEN: Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at 3 p.m. WHERE: Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse, Charleston, Fourth Floor, Suite 4000 A copy of this press release is located on the website of the  U.S. Attorney’s Office  for the Southern District of West Virginia. ###