The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa reports 37-year old Jamie Lynn Opalia, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced Feb. 19th to three months in prison for Social Security Representative Payee fraud. United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey also ordered Opalia to serve three years of supervised release following her prison term and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund. She must also pay restitution to the Social Security Administration in the amount of $22,552.

On October 23, 2018, Opalia pleaded guilty to the charge and admitted she applied for and was granted Social Security benefits to support another person, but converted almost all of the funds from Social Security to her own personal use. This matter was investigated by the Office of Inspector General for the Social Security Administration. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.