RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A 24-page report from the Office of the Inspector General alleges both Richmond Registrar Keith Balmer and Deputy Registrar Jerry Richardson committed acts of fraud, wasted city funds and abused their authority. Twenty-six allegations were listed in the report -- of those, the office says it has substantiated 25. PREVIOUSLY: Richmond’s top election officials committed fraud, wasted city funds and broke policies, probe finds "That means they found evidence that satisfies them that these things occurred," said 8News legal analyst Russ Stone. "That doesn't necessarily mean it would be adequate evidence in court." Stone spoke with 8News about the allegations and how they might lead to legal implications. Allegation of fraud on Jan. 13, 2022 According to the IG, the Department of Procurement Services requested Balmer provide their office with a Purchasing Card Meal Documentation Form which is a form required for each meal that is purchased using government funds. The report states Blamer submitted the form to the office on Jan. 18, 2022, but falsely stated on the form that there were 19 attendees whose meals were charged on the government purchase card when the receipt showed 25 meals were purchased. "This constitutes fraud because the General Registrar intentionally approved and submitted a document with false information about the number of attendees in comparison with the meal amount purchased," the IG report reads. "There's a specific forgery offense that is called forging public records. If you do that, it's actually a class four misdemeanor that carries up to 10 years," Stone said. Abuse of authority and waste of government resources on June 28, 2023 According to the report, the Office of Elections issued a purchase order for the consultation services of a training video from Balmer's wife on Aug. 24, 2023. The invoice dated June 28, 2023, noted services from Feb. 27, 2023, to June 12, 202,3 for $2,300. The purpose of the video, according to the report was training for election officers to deal with voters of different abilities. "A former employee stated this was the former employee's project and that the spouse of the General Registrar offered to help the former employee since the General Registrar's spouse works in this field. The former employee said they didn't know the spouse of the General Registrar was being paid as a consultant until they saw it in the newspaper," the report stated. "The General Registrar's spouse is an immediate family member and benefits financially from an official duty of the General Registrar. This constitutes a waste and abuse of City funds." Electoral board chair feels ‘stonewalled’ on request for inspector general report on Richmond’s election office "That's what the crux of embezzlement is—when you misspend money, you use it in a way that you're not allowed to use it," Stone explained. "[There] seems to be many instances where that was occurring here." 8News reached out to the Office of Elections to speak with both Balmer and Richardson and were told they would reach out. Balmer told the 8News team he would be putting a statement Tuesday which would also include Richardson. He did not say how or when the statement would be released. The full IG report has been attached below: Report-Office-of-Elections_b72b30Download