A federal grand jury in Virginia has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a single count of bank fraud, according to sources familiar with the proceedings.
The indictment was handed down Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, sources confirmed to Fox News.
The Justice Department opened an investigation into James earlier this year over allegations of mortgage fraud — a probe that began months after she secured a high-profile civil judgment against former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization.
According to a letter from Federal Housing Finance Director Bill Pulte, investigators are examining whether James made false or misleading statements on property and loan documents. Among the claims: that she listed a Virginia property as her primary residence, misrepresented the number of units in a Brooklyn building she owns, and signed a mortgage application falsely identifying her father as her spouse.
A housing and finance banker familiar with the investigation told Fox News in September that James may have claimed an investment property as a primary or secondary residence to secure better loan terms.
James, now in her second term as New York’s top prosecutor, has denied any wrongdoing. She has said the matter stemmed from an honest paperwork error that was later corrected and maintains she never intended to mislead her lender.
The case is being overseen by U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, a Trump appointee who took over the office after her predecessor, Erik Siebert, was removed from the post.