RICHMOND, Va. — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia has charged a former employee of the Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) in connection to an investigation into $33 million budget shortfall at the OEMS.
Adam Harrell, the former Associate Director of OEMS, was charged with mail fraud, federal program theft, and evasion of tax assessment.
Facebook / Adam HarrellCBS 6 has been investigating OEMS since September 2023, when we broke the story that the Virginia Department of Health, which oversees the OEMS, was conducting an internal investigation into that office after discovering a large budget shortfall.
Subsequently, VDH said it had reported “possible financial irregularities” to the Virginia State Police and the Office of the State Inspector General.
VSP said the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia was also involved in the investigation.
According to court records, Harrell became the Associate Director at OEMS in September 2019.