PIERRE, (KCCR) — Another government program is the victim of alleged fraud, only this time the accused is a private business owner. A Hughes County grand jury has indicted a Pierre woman on charges of defrauding the state’s Medicaid program. South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says 48 year-old Sharon Laraye Monson is accused of stealing more that 588-thousand dollars of state and federal funds through her business, At Home Nursing of Pierre. Monson is facing six felony charges including three counts of Unlawfully Obtaining Benefits or Payments from a Medical Assistance Program and single counts of Aggravated Grand Theft, Perjury to Obtain State Benefits and Failure to Keep Necessary Records Upon Which Medicaid Claims are Based. Jackley says Monson is accused of the thefts between between a time frame of May of 2018 to January of last year; a span of nearly six years. If convicted on all charges, Monson is facing over 42 years in prison. Monson has not had a court appearance.
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