Fraud Allegation In South Dakota

From the Rapid City Journal:

A Rapid City couple accused of collecting more than $120,000 in illegal Social Security payments now face federal charges.

Lonnie G. Holloman, 54, and Margaret R. Holloman, 52, pleaded not guilty in U.S. Magistrate Court to charges of conspiracy, Social Security fraud, false statement and theft of government funds.

According to federal court documents, the Hollomans are accused of fraudulently collecting $123,333 in Social Security Disability Income payments between November 1998 and July 2006.

Prosecutors say the couple reported to the Social Security Administration that Lonnie Holloman was unable to work because of a back injury in 1991. However, they say Holloman worked 40 hours per week between 1998 and 2001 for Doug Faul Trucking Company as a dispatcher and long-haul truck driver.