Ex-official who used city’s $4K to send gifts to PH charged with embezzling

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia –A former city economic development official has been charged with embezzlement over allegations he improperly used $4,000 to send packages to his girlfriend in the Philippines.

Brian Scott Hall

The Virginian-Pilot reports that a grand jury indictment alleges the crimes happened between late 2016 and June 2018.

Brian Scott Hall, former business development coordinator for Virginia Beach, has been charged with three felony counts of embezzlement, said Macie Allen, a spokeswoman for the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office.

Virginia Beach Auditor Lyndon Remias said the charges stem from packages that Hall sent to his girlfriend in the Philippines, where he traveled to promote the city. The newspaper reports that it obtained FedEx receipts showing that he had sent packages to a Philippines address not associated with the city’s business office there.