Former Watertown Woman Sentenced for Misuse by a Representative Payee

Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a former Watertown, South Dakota, woman charged with Misuse by a Representative Payee pled guilty and was sentenced on May 10, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.

Marilyn Ruth Holley, age 41, was sentenced to 60 months of probation, restitution in the amount of $12,158.64, and $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

The conviction stems from incidents that took place between November 19, 2015, and April 1, 2019, when Holley, who was appointed to be the representative payee for a minor child, received the child’s Title XVI Supplemental Security Income benefits payments and converted some of them to her own use, including gambling.

The investigation was conducted by the Social Security Administration, Cooperative Disability Investigation Unit.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ann M. Hoffman.