Barboursville man pleads guilty to laundering more than $600,000 through nonprofit vet clinic

Man pleads guilty to embezzling $625K from Barboursville vet clinic

Jerod Timothy Vannatter, 43, of Barboursville, West Virginia, pleaded guilty, on Sept. 29, 2026, to embezzling more than $600,000 from Help For Animals Inc., a nonprofit clinic he managed, using fraudulent payroll and vendor schemes to fund his gambling addiction.

Man pleads guilty to embezzling money from local nonprofit vet clinic

Jerod Timothy Vannatter, 43, of Barboursville, pleads guilty to embezzling over $600,000 from Help For Animals Inc., a nonprofit clinic he managed, using fraudulent payroll and vendor schemes to fund his gambling addiction.

Barboursville man pleads guilty to money laundering, embezzling veterinary clinic

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — A Barboursville man pleaded guilty to money laundering on Monday. A release from the U.S. Department of Justice said Jerod Timothy Vannatter, 43, admitted to embezzling $624,599.86 from the nonprofit veterinary clinic that he managed. According to court documents and statements made in court, Vannatter managed the clinic from around February [...]

Barboursville man pleads guilty to laundering more than $600,000 through nonprofit vet clinic

Federal officials said that Jerod Vannater, 33, of Barboursville, used the money for online gambling.