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Omaha woman must repay Social Security Administration $125K

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha woman who was found guilty of bilking the Social Security Administration out of nearly $125,000 over a 20-year period has been ordered to repay the money she stole.

The U.S. Attorney's Office says 48-year-old LaTosha Bolton must pay back the $124,960 she stole from the Social Security Administration. A jury found Bolton guilty in October of stealing government property and mail fraud.

The office says from 1993 until 2013, Bolton received Supplemental Security Income benefits on behalf of her child who has a disability. The jury determined that Bolton didn't use the money for her child as required by law.

Bolton was sentenced to more than a year in prison and three years of supervised release in addition to the ordered restitution.

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