Kilgore Man Charged with Fraud

LONGVIEW — A Kilgore man, who is facing multiple fraud charges, has been arrested and booked into the Gregg County Jail. Bond on Christopher Alan Kemp, 25, has been set at $275,000. Kemp was taken into custody this week after multiple arrest warrants were filed against him. In March of last year, Kemp was indicted by the Gregg County grand jury on charges of obtaining or attempting to obtain a controlled substance by fraud, fraudulent use of a prescription form and fraudulent use or possession of identifying information. According to the Longview News-Journal, the indictment included two counts of obtaining or attempting to obtain hydrocodone through misrepresentation, forgery, or deception. In November 2011, he was indicted on five counts of credit card abuse.