United States of America v. Jerod Timothy Vannatter

Huntington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering.

Jerod Timothy Vannatter, 43, of Barboursville, was the clinic’s manager from approximately February 2018 to approximately February 2025 and oversaw all administrative functions, including payroll and vendor payments. As part of his guilty plea, Vannatter admitted that he conducted his fraud scheme from approximately October 2022 until approximately December 2024. Vannatter made multiple payroll and other unearned deposits into his personal checking account using numerous checks he issued from the clinic’s bank account. Vannatter also created false vendor invoices to initiate payments from the clinic’s bank account and directed those illicit payments to his personal checking account.

As part of his embezzlement scheme, Vannatter transferred $20,000 in embezzled funds from his checking account to his savings account on October 11, 2023. Vannatter admitted that he embezzled a total of $624,599.86, that he initiated and carried out his embezzlement scheme because he was addicted to online gambling, and that he lost all the proceeds from his scheme as a result of gambling.

The Defendant elected to plead guilty. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000. Vannatter also owes $624,599.86 in restitution.