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ALEXANDRIA, VA.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Virginia State Senator Richard Saslaw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Federal officials charged a 51-year-old woman with wire fraud for allegedly embezzling more than $1 million, including $653,000 from a state senator’s campaign fund, officials announced Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The woman\u00a0\u2014Linda Diane Wallis, aka Lynn Wallis Miller<\/strong>, 51, of Fairfax, was for her alleged role in three fraud schemes totaling over $1 million in losses, including embezzling $653,000 from Virginia State Senator Richard Saslaw\u2019<\/strong>s campaign fund, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the criminal allegations, Wallis\u00a0is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for allegedly participating in three separate fraud schemes around January 2013 to February 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is what federal prosecutors are alleging in the criminal complaint:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • In the first scheme, Wallis, along with a co-conspirator, only identified as “D.M.”<\/strong>, created two fraudulent companies, the first known as Federal Legal Associates<\/strong> and the second was The Straile Group. <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Through various methods including fraudulent wire transfers and checks, Wallis allegedly caused approximately $368,400 in loss to Company A.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The second scheme alleged in the criminal information details the embezzlement of approximately $653,000 from the campaign account of Senator Saslaw.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Beginning in or around June 2013 to September 2014, Wallis served as the treasurer of the Saslaw for State Senate campaign.<\/strong> <\/span><\/li>\n
  • During that time, Wallis issued about 73 fraudulent checks from the Saslaw for State Senate campaign bank account, which totaled approximately $653,000. <\/span><\/li>\n
  • Wallis made the checks payable to Federal Legal Associates,<\/strong> The Straile Group<\/strong>, and herself. <\/span><\/li>\n
  • The third scheme detailed in the criminal information alleges misuse of funds from a non-profit charitable organization, of which Wallis was Executive Director and D.M. co-founded.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The non-profit, known as The Community College Consortium on Autism and Intellectual Disabilities or \u00a0CCCAID<\/strong>, claimed to provide assistance to Community Colleges for program development and implementation and information on the availability of resources for sustainability of programs. <\/span><\/li>\n
  • In or about April 2010, Wallis established CCCAID\u2019s bank account and between in or about April 2010 to in or about April 2013, community colleges located around the country contributed approximately $293,000 to CCCAID. <\/span><\/li>\n
  • Additionally, a Bulgarian businessman associated with D.M. donated $500,000 to CCCAID. The funds contributed to CCCAID were to be used to further the mission of the organization and not to enrich Wallis or D.M. <\/span><\/li>\n
  • Despite these restrictions, from in or about April 2010 to in or about August 2014, Wallis authorized about $482,000 in transfers from CCCAID\u2019s account to other bank accounts Wallis and D.M. controlled. <\/span><\/li>\n
  • A significant percentage of the $482,000 CCCAID was used to pay Wallis\u2019 and D.M.\u2019s personal expenses, such as mortgage payments, expenses related to food\/restaurants, and merchandise purchases.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Wallis \u00a0is facing up to 20 years in prison if convicted. <\/span><\/p>\n

    The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n

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