BANGOR, Maine — An Augusta woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor to Social Security benefit fraud, according to the U.S. attorney's office for the District of Maine.

Deborah Oldis, 63, hid her ownership of assets including bonds, stocks and a personal bank account from about October 2018 to April 2022, prosecutors said, citing court records. Those assets would have made her ineligible for Social Security benefits or would have reduced the amount she was due, according to prosecutors.

As a result, Oldis received $34,540 more in benefits than she should have, prosecutors said.

Oldis faces up to five years in prison. She will be sentenced after the U.S. Probation Office completes a presentence report, and a federal judge will decide her sentence, according to the U.S. attorney's office.

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