Posts Tagged ‘elder abuse’

Widow suing “Judge Larry” can’t recall how he wronged her
Says she freely gave gifts to judge and his family
Tonya Alanez
March 7, 2010
South Florida Sun Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-judge-seidlin-lawsuit-20100305,0,2557016.story
A wealthy, elderly widow is suing her neighbors, former Broward Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin and his wife, but doesn’t seem to know why, according to a deposition transcript.
Barbara Kasler, 84, said [...]

83-year-old victim watches as 2 relatives sent to prison
Associated Press
March 2, 2010
StatesmanJournal.com
http://beta.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100302/UPDATE/100302004/1001/OPINION/Theft-victim-watches-as-2-relatives-sent-to-prison
PORTLAND — An 83-year-old woman was in court to watch as two relatives who wiped out her savings and sold her home were sent to prison.
Court records indicate the relatives expected Evelyn Roth to die when she was diagnosed with a cancerous growth on [...]

$340K theft nets defendant only 30 days in jail
Jim McGauley
February 25, 2010
The Baker County Press.com
http://www.bakercountypress.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=307:340k-theft-nets-defendent-only-30-days-in-jail&catid=59:news&Itemid=57
A Macclenny woman believed to be the mastermind of a scheme to bilk her elderly and infirm sister-in-law out of $340,000 in cash and other assets will spend a month in county jail and be on probation for 10 years.
Francis [...]

Astor swindler Francis Morrissey disbarred
Dareh Gregorian
February 18, 2010
New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/astor_swindler_francis_morrissey_dxF1hHTJdGDKJPHlErHc6J
The shady lawyer who helped Brooke Astor’s son try to swindle her millions is now a shady ex-lawyer.
The state Appellate Division officially disbarred Francis Morrissey today, less than two months after he was sentenced to one to three years in prison for scheming to defraud the [...]

EXPOSED: “Scandalous Abuse” of the Elderly Being Killed With Psychiatric Medications
David Gutierrez
February 8, 2010
NaturalNews.com
http://www.naturalnews.com/028116_psychiatric_drugs_elderly.html
(NaturalNews) Elderly dementia patients are being subjected to “scandalous abuse” by being drugged with dangerous
antipsychotic drugs, according to a letter by ten influential health organizations, published in The Daily Telegraph.
“[One hundred thousand] people with dementia in care homes are being inappropriately prescribed [...]