A father and two of his children who were owners of the closed Allegheny Wood Products company in West Virginia have been indicted on a multitude of felony counts of larceny, according to news reports.

News station WHSV in Harrisburg, Virginia, citing Hardy County Circuit Court documents, said that owner John Crites Sr. and his children John Crites Jr. and Kelly Crites each face 12 felony charges in six cases where they are accused of allegedly defrauding loggers.

According to the report, the three were charged with obtaining money by false pretenses and conspiracy to obtain money by false pretenses in each case. They are accused of not paying for the timbered logs they acquired.

The station said that in two of the cases the company allegedly did not pay for over $20,000 worth of logs.

The Crites' will be arraigned in Hardy County Circuit Court on Tuesday, Oct. 21.

Allegheny Wood Products, a 50-year-old West Virginia-based internationally known hardwood producer, closed its doors Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, and eliminated as many as 850 full-time and outside contractors.

Allegheny Wood Products owner Crites pointed to market conditions among other factors for the closure.

AWP had operations across the state of West Virginia including, Princeton, Beckley, Kingwood, Bruceton Mills, and locations in Grant County.