JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to spending his mother’s money on himself, rather than paying her medical bills.

Steven Adkins, 62, of Madison pleaded guilty Monday to one felony count of exploitation of a vulnerable person.
Adkins was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

An investigation by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit found that Adkins spent more than $30,000 of his mother’s money between March and December of last year.

The attorney general’s office said Adkins withdrew money from her account and spent it on himself rather than paying her medical bills.