Federal prosecutors have accused a former associate director of the Office of Emergency Medical Services of embezzling $4 million, the latest development in a yearlong financial scandal.

Authorities allege that Adam Lamar Harrell of Chesterfield County created a fake company with a fake employee, billed the Office of Emergency Medical Services fraudulent invoices and cashed large checks. They say he stole from the government, committed mail theft and evaded his taxes.

Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.