Posts Tagged ‘power of attorney’

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 [...]

Grassroots activism is an important part of the American political process and today, it’s proving more effective than ever.
EstateofDenial.com has always believed that any probate reform is going to require confronting multiple levels and venues of elected officials as well as unelected policy makers (i.e., social services, court-appointed personnel) and policy shapers (i.e., the legal [...]

Cher Thompson, accused of fleecing 89-year-old man, mysteriously collapses outside court
Oren Yaniv
January 27, 2010
New York Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/01/27/2010-01-27_faint_escape_for_susp_in_senior_scam.html
A young woman accused of preying on elderly lonely hearts put off a date with a judge Tuesday.
Cher Thompson, 27, was about to be arraigned when she mysteriously collapsed outside a Manhattan courthouse, her lawyer said.
It happened minutes [...]