The Eastern District of Virginia’s U.S. attorney’s office has launched a criminal investigation of the Commanders pertaining to alleged financial wrongdoings, according to ESPN.
The investigation reportedly stems from the letter sent to the Federal Trade Commission by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Oversight and Reform in April. The letter alleged the franchise and co-owner Dan Snyder “may have engaged in a troubling, long-running, and potentially unlawful pattern of financial conduct that victimized thousands of team fans and the National Football League.”
That same week, a spokesperson for Virginia attorney general Jason Miyares acknowledged they received the letter, and said that the office is reviewing it.