Press Release

Wood County Man Sentenced to Prison for $510,465.19 Fraud Scheme

Monday, November 9, 2026

For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of West Virginia

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Jeffrey Jeffers, 35, of Williamstown, was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $510,465.19 in restitution for wire fraud. Jeffers admitted to stealing $510,465.19 from his employer through false charges to company-issued credit cards.

According to court documents and statements made in court, between November 2022 and July 2024, Jeffers delivered products by truck for a large provider of industrial gas from its distribution facility in Wood County. The delivery trucks were fueled at the distribution facility and were also equipped with fuel credit cards. As part of his guilty plea, Jeffers admitted that he fraudulently charged a total of $510,465.19 to the fuel credit cards throughout his term of employment.…