A West Virginia Supreme Court justice was indicted on 22 federal counts of fraud, witness tampering and making false statements on Wednesday.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that Allen Loughry, who wrote a book on political corruption, was indicted on two counts of fraud by wire, radio or television, 16 counts of frauds and swindles, one count of witness tampering and three counts of making false statements.

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The report says that a grand jury charged Loughry with purposefully lying to federal investigators, and that he acted "with intent to defraud, misused and abused his position, power and authority."