The attorney general of New York, Letitia James, was charged with one count of bank fraud and one count of making false statements to a financial institution related to her purchase of a property in Norfolk, Va.

Ms. James is accused of committing mortgage fraud. Her indictment follows a case brought against the former F.B.I. director James Comey.

James, who led a civil fraud case against US President Donald Trump, was indicted in Alexandria, Virginia.