Couple aged 87 and 89 accused of stealing $1m in pension and not reporting her mother’s death for a decade

Mary Ann Arceneaux, 87, and her husband Ernest, 89, have been arrested on identity theft charges after they allegedly collected more than $1 million from Mary Ann's deceased mother's pension - (Gwinnett County Police Department)

Georgia police have arrested an 87-year-old woman and her 89-year-old husband after she allegedly stole more than $1 million from her deceased mother's pension payments over the course of a decade, according to court documents.

Mary Ann Arceneaux and her husband Ernest, of Snellville, Georgia, were charged with identity theft fraud and theft by deception following an investigation by the Gwinnett County Police Department, according to a WSB-TV 2.