CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The scheme to dupe West Virginia's auditor out of hefty sums due state vendors is proving more elaborate and wide-reaching than thought.

Evidence against the case's sole suspect hints at an international, multimillion-dollar fraud conspiracy that targeted a number of U.S. state governments.

Suspect Angella Muthoni Chegge-Kraszeski remains jailed pending an Aug. 31 trial.

Federal prosecutors estimate that she helped divert more than $3 million meant for companies providing services to West Virginia and other states.

But that estimate does not include the entire amount that state Auditor Glen Gainer says was unwittingly rerouted by his office. It also does not reflect a similar scam that earlier defrauded one additional state.

Read more in Monday's Charleston Gazette.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The scheme to dupe West Virginia's auditor out of hefty sums due state vendors is proving more elaborate and wide-reaching than thought.

Evidence against the case's sole suspect hints at an international, multimillion-dollar fraud conspiracy that targeted a number of U.S. state governments.

Suspect Angella Muthoni Chegge-Kraszeski remains jailed pending an Aug. 31 trial.

Federal prosecutors estimate that she helped divert more than $3 million meant for companies providing services to West Virginia and other states.

But that estimate does not include the entire amount that state Auditor Glen Gainer says was unwittingly rerouted by his office. It also does not reflect a similar scam that earlier defrauded one additional state.

Read more in Monday's Charleston Gazette.