Fairfax County Retirement Administrator charged with embezzling $1.2 million.

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The former administrator of Fairfax County's Retirement Administration Agency has been charged with embezzling more than $1.2 million in retirement funds by laundering the money in a relative's trust fund for six years. The scheme was unraveled when a mutual fund company called a Fairfax police officer to confirm a $64,000 transfer to the trust fund. Officials believe the administrator was the only county employee involved in siphoning money from at least 21 different accounts. This is the second significant case of embezzlement by a county...