Failure to pay withheld child support; embezzlement

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-111.2
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If any employer withholds money from the pay of his employee for the purpose of paying administrative or court-ordered child support on behalf of the employee and then wrongfully and fraudulently fails to make payment of the money withheld, the employer shall be guilty of embezzlement. 1999, c. 56 .
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