CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman who authorities say defrauded Social Security for about 11 years has been given 10 months behind bars.
Prosecutors also said Monday that 49-year-old Angela Carmichael, of Aplington, must pay back nearly $118,000. She pleaded guilty to one count of fraud in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids.
In a plea agreement, Carmichael admitted that, between June 2003 and June 2014, she didn’t tell the Social Security Administration that she was living with her husband. Doing so would have jeopardized her collection of Supplemental Security Income benefits.
Officials say Carmichael received more than $68,000 in benefits to which she was not entitled. She also admitted receiving nearly $50,000 in Medicaid and food stamp benefits from the state of Iowa over the same time period.
