Former DSS employee sentenced to 13 years in prison following theft of $1.78M
A former South Dakota Department of Social Services employee was sentenced Tuesday, July 1 to 13 years in prison after……
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Pierre nursing home owner accused of stealing nearly $600K in Medicaid money
Another $588,000 of taxpayers’ funds is alleged to have been pilfered out of South Dakota’s capital city. South Dakota Attorney……
Jury returns guilty verdicts in $1.8M grand theft trial of former state worker
PIERRE – A Hughes County jury found a former state employee guilty of stealing nearly $1.8 million Thursday, April 5……
Lawmakers try again to make department officials talk about alleged employee crimes
After a state department resisted an order requiring its leaders to speak with lawmakers about alleged crimes by former state…
Noem wants mandatory training, legislative package in wake of fraud cases
South Dakota state employees will be subject to annual ethics and financial stewardship training under order of Gov. Kristi Noem…….
Accused Department of Revenue fraudsters plead not guilty
PIERRE – Two Pierre women have pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a fraud investigation involving the South Dakota……
Jackley leverages newest criminal charges into push for legislative overhaul
Attorney General Marty Jackley will ask lawmakers to pass a four-point plan to address corruption in state government following his……
Accused Department of Social Services embezzler pleads not guilty
PIERRE — The woman accused of stealing about $1.8 million dollars from the South Dakota Department of Social Services over……
Man who threatened Kessler’s employees with machete sentenced to 20 years
An Aberdeen man who waved a machete inside Kessler’s Food and Liquor has been sentenced to 20 years in prison……
Indicted former DSS employee was a ‘hoarder,’ serial online shopper, others claim
PIERRE — People who worked around Lonna Carroll during her tenure at the South Dakota Department of Social Services had……
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