The federal grand jury indictment against Hall was filed on Thursday in Frankfort, and it charges him with two counts of mail fraud and one count of theft of government funds when he was serving as Pike County Attorney in 2010.
According to the indictment, Kentucky allows county attorneys to still work in private practice, as long as they don’t act as counsel in any case against the county and they can’t serve as defense counsel in any criminal prosecution in any state or federal court in Kentucky.
The indictment said that, in October, 2010, Hall appointed an attorney — who is not named in the indictment — as a part-time assistant Pike County attorney and the assistant county attorney was required to work at least 100 hours a month for the Pike County Attorney’s Office. That assistant county attorney received state benefits that included health insurance, employer contributions to Medicare and Social Security and participation in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System.
The indictment said the attorney performed almost no work as assistant county attorney and charged that Hall falsified payroll certifications every pay period allowing the attorney to receive a total of $290,140 in gross pay and employer contributions, benefits and health insurance that brought the total for salary and benefits to $440,587.
According to the indictment, beginning in October 2011, Hall claimed to also participate in the private practice of law at the assistant county attorney’s law firm and between October 14, 2011, and October 21, 2020, the assistant county attorney paid Hall various payments totaling $505,900 and described those as “distributions.”
Hall sent the payroll certifications through the mail, resulting in the two counts of mail fraud.
Hall faces penalties of up to 20 years in prison for the mail fraud charges and a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the amount of gross gain or loss and three years of supervised release. He also faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the amount of gross gain or loss and three years of supervised release.
He also faces having to pay a $100 special assessment of $100 and restitution, if applicable.
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