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W.Va. auditor scam suspect to answer to charges
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A North Carolina woman accused of helping to scam nearly $2 million from West Virginia’s state government is facing her first court date in the Mountain State.
Angella Muthoni Chegge-Kraszeski is scheduled to be arraigned in federal court Tuesday on a felony conspiracy charge.
A U.S. magistrate judge may also decide whether the 33-year-old from Raleigh should stay in jail pending trial.
The scheme duped West Virginia’s auditor’s office into rerouting payments owed to legitimate companies doing business with the state.
The indictment alleges Chegge-Kraszeski used a false South African passport to set up Minnesota bank accounts as part of the scheme.
She was arrested last month after allegedly attempting a similar scam in Florida.
