Imprisoned Ex-Lawmaker to Plead Guilty to Faking Proof-of-Insurance Paperwork

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 | 0

An imprisoned ex-lawmaker plans to plead guilty to charges that he faked proof-of-insurance paperwork for his Eastern Kentucky coal mine, the Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper reports.

Keith Hall
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Former Kentucky Rep. W. Keith Hall’s attorney indicated in court documents that the former Democratic lawmaker has reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty.

He was charged with three counts of wire fraud, two counts of identity theft and one count of lying to an agent from the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

Prosecutors accused Hall of submitting fake documents to a company his mine worked with that had asked for proof that all vendors had liability and workers’ compensation insurance.

Hall, 58, is serving a seven-year prison sentence for bribery.