Attorney General Jackley Announces Pierre Woman Sentenced for Defrauding South Dakota Medicaid Program
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Pierre woman has been sentenced to a 10-year suspended prison sentence after earlier pleading guilty to one felony count of Grand Theft. She had been charged with defrauding the South Dakota Medicaid Program of more than $588,000 in federal and state funds.
Sharon Laraye Monson, 49, was sentenced Tuesday in Hughes County Circuit Court. As part of her sentence, she also will be on probation for 10 years and will pay $500,000 in restitution to the South Dakota Department of Social Services.
The Attorney General’s Office recommended a 10-year prison sentence with five of those years suspended.
“As Attorney General, I am committed to protecting taxpayers and their money,” said Attorney General Jackley. “This defendant’s actions stand in stark contrast to the integrity and dedication shown by the overwhelming majority of Medicaid providers in our state.”
Monson was the owner of At Home Nursing in Pierre and submitted the false claims to Medicaid. The charges occurred from May 1, 2018 to Jan. 1, 2024.
The case was investigated and prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud, Abuse and Neglect Services Unit.
This release is provided in compliance with the federal Stevens Amendment: The South Dakota Medicaid Fraud Control Unit receives 75% of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling approximately $1,033,972 for Federal Fiscal Year 2026. The remaining 25%, totaling approximately $334,656 for Federal Fiscal Year 2026, was funded by the State of South Dakota.
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If we are worried about protecting the tax payers, we need to have proper guardrails in place to prevent fraud to begin with. Convicting people who have already stolen and spent the money, and who will likely never pay it back, is not protecting anyone.
She will never pay it back, this is a slap on the wrist. The above reasoning with no consequences after committing a crime just invites more crime.
Another plea bargain and no sentence.
If she invested the 500,000 over the years and now pays the $500,000 back, she has nice little nest egg. And Marty is going to let her walk? Something smells here—maybe to much time campaigning.
At the Central States Fair yesterday “My farm in Vale taught me what it takes to run cattle and work ground long before I ever ran for office.” He owns 160 acres.
Oooooh let’s do the managed care providers next!