An Unlikely Plaintiff. At Issue? He Dares Not Speak Its Name.
Scott James
May 6, 2010
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/us/07sfmetro.html?ref=us
When Clay M. Greene remembered the events of June 2008, he clenched his teeth, his hands tightened into fists and his body shook. “They grabbed them by their necks and tossed them in a car,” he said last week, [...]
Policing the guardians: combating guardianship and power of attorney fraud
Mathis E. McRae
February 1994
The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2194/is_n2_v63/ai_15267880/?tag=content;col1
People often envision robbery and assault by some unknown individual or physical or mental abuse by a known caregiver as typical crimes against the elderly. However, these are not the only cases of eider abuse. One area [...]
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 [...]
2 jailed for stealing from ‘dying’ kin
March 2, 2010
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
http://www.globe-democrat.com/news/2010/mar/02/2-jailed-for-stealing-from-dying-kin/
PORTLAND, Ore., March 2 (UPI) — Two women have been sentenced to jail for stealing from an elderly relative they believed to be dying of cancer — including selling her house in Oregon.
Evelyn Roth, 83, told The Portland Oregonian she was pleased by the sentencing. [...]
$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 [...]