John Frisby started his career with the State of West Virginia in 2002 after serving 3 years as a private insurance agency owner/agent. He began with the Office of the Insurance Commissioner Consumer Division investigating consumer complaints and related issues. His investigator duties expanded into insurance fraud cases under direct supervision of the Division’s General Counsel. In 2008 Mr. Frisby became a Senior Investigator for Securities Enforcement with the West Virginia State Auditor’s Office focusing on investment and financial crimes.
John is a 2018 graduate of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Basic Academy, and currently serves as an investigator with Corrections Investigation Division. Since joining CID he has conducted numerous internal and multiple division investigations. He handles WVDCR Security Threat Group tracking and is presently assigned to the West Virginia Fusion Center where is Manages the inmate communications program that provides inmate communications and information to law enforcement and prosecutors state-wide. John is an original member of the Governor-appointed COVID Task Force 19, and has served as a special investigator to a DHHR Task Force working COVID-19 related cases.
He has completed numerous schoolings with NICB, NAIC, NASAA, FINRA, ARELLO, ARDA, and currently maintains his Certified Real Estate Investigator (CREI).
John is a 1993 graduate of West Virginia Institute of Technology with degrees in Printing Technology, Printing Management, and Business Management. In 2013 he completed the Fraud Certificate program from West Virginia University Institute of Technology. As an investigator, he has also completed the Reid Technique for Interviewing and Interrogation and attended the Bolger Center operated by the United States Postal Inspection Service.
He is an active member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary (MSU Huntington), a Fusion Liaison Officer (FLO) with the West Virginia Fusion Center, a City Council Member for the City Of Montgomery WV, President of the Park and Recreation Board of Montgomery WV and the Vice Chair of the Foundation Board of BridgeValley Community and Technical College.
Mr. Frisby is the Head Girls Basketball Coach at Riverside High School in Belle, WV.