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A Providence Forge, Virginia man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for embezzling funds from his former employer, the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program.

According to court documents, John Hunter Raines was the chief financial officer and deputy director of the program that is known as the Birth-Injury Program. The program pays monetary compensation to families of infants who suffer from brain or spinal cord injuries resulting from the birth process that render the infant developmentally and/or cognitively disabled.

Raines’ role required that he oversee the finances, including approximately $650 million in investments in 2023.

According to prosecutors, from at least January 2022 through October 2023, Raines stole more than $6.7 million from the Birth-Injury Program, including by using his access to the program’s bank account to initiate at least 59 separate wire transactions, sending funds to bank accounts in his own name. He was accused of also using the debit card for personal gain.

Prosecutors told the court that Raines spent the embezzled money on various personal expenses including eight luxury golf carts for over $160,000 and a 2023 Chevrolet Suburban; over $100,000 on gambling; and $29,000 to an intimate partner and tens of thousands of dollars to a bank account in the name of his wife.

Court documets show he also spent $9,000 on private limousine services, cryptocurrency, tens of thousands of dollars towards his own student loan debt, his mortgage, and other loans; $125,000 for private jet travel for friends and family. and $19,000 to purchase American Gold Eagle Bullion coins and a 100-oz silver bar.

In addition, prosecutors said Raines “deliberately impeded the statutorily mandated audit process” by failing to timely provide the Birth-Injury Program’s files to auditors when requested. The statutorily mandated audits continue to be delayed by over three years.

to mail fraud and money laundering offenses on Oct. 8, 2024.

The program covers what insurance and other programs don’t cover such as medical expenses, hospital expenses, rehabilitation expenses, in-home nursing care and more.

The Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program issued a statement on his sentencing, which said in part:

“The funds embezzled were those which could be used for medical bills, housing renovations and adaptive equipment among other purposes. We are grateful to state and federal law enforcement and the judicial system for their efforts in ensuring that Mr. Raines is held fully responsible for this egregious breach of public trust”

Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Avi Panth and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Kashan K. Pathan prosecuted the case.

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