A couple of important things posted today. Anthony Marshall and Francis Morrissey continue to avoid the jail sentences associated with their felony convictions in the Brooke Astor estate looting case. While this week’s get-out-of-jail cards were not free, the posting of $5,000 cash on a $500,000 bond seems cheap for a mechanism to avoid time [...]
Prison indefinitely avoided by Astor estate looting son, attorney accomplice
Lou Ann Anderson
January 12, 2010
www.EstateofDenial.com
Anthony Marshall’s efforts to avoid jail are working. Though Marshall and estate attorney Francis Morrissey were each sentenced to prison for having looted the estate of Brooke Astor, Marshall’s mother, neither man appears destined to see the inside of [...]
Astor’s son staying free
Laura Italiano
January 12, 2010
New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/astor_son_staying_free_Jk19PXtyhnNDlkcJJLt5nI
Brooke Astor’s swindling son and his co-defendant/estate lawyer can stay out of prison for the duration of their appeals — which could take years, a judge ruled yesterday.
Manhattan Appellate Division Judge Helen Freedman’s bail decision was great news for Anthony Marshall, 85.
He has argued in court papers [...]
Redlands Conservator’s Actions Raise Questions
Janet Phelan
January 4, 2010
Scamraiders.com
http://www.scamraiders.com/profiles/blogs/redlands-conservators-actions
A prominent and well-connected Redlands conservator has been under investigation by the San Bernardino County grand jury and has had her fiduciary license denied by the California State Professional Fiduciary Bureau.
Melodie Z. Scott, President of Conservatorship and Resources for the Elderly, also known by its corporate acronym C.A.R.E. [...]
A grateful farewell to Ruth Lilly
Organizations that she helped pay tribute to Ruth Lilly’s legacy
Robert Annis
January 11, 2010
IndyStar.com
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20101110354
From today’s Star: Hundreds turn out for visitation
Hundreds gathered Sunday to pay tribute to a quiet, unassuming woman who became one of the city’s most generous benefactors. Ruth Lilly, the last surviving great-granddaughter of pharmaceutical magnate Eli [...]