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Emery Woman Pays $60,000 For Defrauding Government
Jolene K. Schulz, a 57-year-old property manager from Emery, South Dakota, has paid $60,000 to settle claims that she defrauded the government through false claims.
According to a civil settlement reached with the United States, Schulz entered false information on reports for several low-income housing projects she managed and submitted those documents to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Program (RD) from 2006 to 2010.
The USDA-RD made direct loans to these housing projects and provided interest credit, rental assistance subsidies, and management fees based on the false information Schulz submitted.
As previously reported, Schulz was indicted by a grand jury in 2012 and pled guilty to Use of A False Document (Class D felony) 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(3) in 2013, and was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $38,814.09 to the housing projects.
The United States reached a settlement with Schulz and on September 8, 2014, she paid the government $60,000 to settle claims under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, and the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3801-3812.
The False Claims Act imposes civil liability on persons and companies who knowingly submit false claims to the government, or causes another to submit a false claim to the government, or knowingly makes a false record or statement to get a false claim or benefit paid by the government.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys John E. Haak and Cheryl Schrempp DuPris prosecuted the criminal and civil cases respectively, and the investigation in this case was conducted by the USDA, Office of Inspector General.
Key Facts
- State: South Dakota
- Category: White Collar Crime|Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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