VERMILLION — A Vermillion woman who defrauded the state’s Department of Social Services was granted a suspended imposition on Tuesday after reaching a plea agreement.
Kari Rettig, 46, of Vermillion, was sentenced to serve 60 days in jail and pay $102,000 in restitution fines for social services fraud over $200, a Class 6 felony. Rettig pleaded no contest to the charge.
Although she was granted a suspended imposition, Rettig’s sentencing also entails serving two years of probation.
Court documents say that since Oct. 12, 2014, Rettig defrauded the South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) on three occasions when she perjured to officials through the falsification and omission of documents and details including, but not limited to, tax returns, daycare bills, work records, her work and educational status, her household income and composition and more.
The false statements and omissions resulted in Rettig defrauding DSS of over $5,400 in food stamps and child care over the six year span, according to the indictment.
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