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ST. GEORGE — A Washington County woman accused of stealing more than $150,000 in veteran's disability benefit payments for nearly a decade appeared in federal court on Thursday.
The defendant, 39-year-old Tiffany Ann Bright of Washington, appeared for a sentencing hearing held at U.S. District Court in St. George on one count of wire fraud and one count of theft of government funds — charges she pleaded guilty to in October, according to a statement released by United States Attorney Trina A. Higgins Thursday.
The federal case was filed following an investigation into a scheme involving the theft of disability benefits over the course of nearly a decade.
According to the indictment filed in March of 2024, the defendant, who was in a relationship with a military veteran at the time, helped the man apply for service-related disability benefits and set up an online account for him to receive the benefits in 2013.
