Editor’s Note: This matter occurred on date indicated but not published at that time due to the government shutdown. Press release posted and made available following the return to normal operations.
Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced on November 18, 2025 that, 58-year-old Barbara Augustin of Franklinton, pled guilty on October 23, 2025 to a bill of information charging her with theft of government funds.
According to the bill of information, beginning in or about November 2018, and continuing until in or about May 2023, the defendant did knowingly convert to her use, money belonging to the United States, namely the Social Security Administration (“SSA”), to which she knew she was not entitled. Augustin admitted fraudulently obtaining over $40,000 in SSA benefits by failing to report to Social Security her son’s incarceration, which allowed her to continue receiving benefits on his behalf as his representative payee.
Augustin faces a possible maximum sentence of ten years’ imprisonment, up to three years of supervised release, up to a $250,000 fine, and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee.
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