A 45-year-old Fall River woman was sentenced May 12 in federal court in Boston for stealing nearly $90,000 of her child’s Social Security benefits over the course of six years.

Nancy Taylor was sentenced Monday to 10 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $86,994 in restitution, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts.

Taylor was indicted by a federal grand jury in April 2024, and pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government money in February 2025.

According to the release, Taylor embezzled approximately $86,994 in Social Security benefits that were intended for her minor child from May 2016 through May 2022.

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