elder exploitation

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, Fla. — A Vero Beach woman has been convicted in connection with a series of unauthorized credit card purchases made while she was working as a caregiver …

UNION COUNTY, S.C. — A 73-year-old woman from Union, South Carolina, is facing felony charges after allegedly stealing more than $54,000 from a resident at an assisted living facility. On …

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A Gainesville man, Lee Andrew Jackson, 56, was arrested over the weekend in connection with a transaction fraud case involving an elderly friend, authorities say. The Hall …

CARLTON, Minn. — Former Cloquet police officer Laci Silgjord, 37, has been sentenced to three years of supervised probation for attempting to illegally obtain over $150,000 from the estate of …

Over the course of several months, a La Grange woman allegedly defrauded a victim out of approximately $40,000 in a calculated scheme involving numerous transactions. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office …

Charles Henry Williams, 63, of Trinity, Florida, has been arrested and charged following a five-month investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Crime Center. He faces one count of …

GONZALES, La. — A 49-year-old hospital cleaner was arrested Tuesday after allegedly using an elderly patient’s stolen debit card to make over $100 in unauthorized purchases. Tanisha Jackson is accused …

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Yudier Sanchez, a former employee at Keralty Hospital, was arrested last week for allegedly stealing a $45,000 Rolex watch from an elderly patient. Detectives from the …

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — A Texas woman, Audrey Michelle Townsend, has been sentenced to 20 years — with five years to be served in prison — for defrauding a Buford couple …

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) — The Columbus Police Department’s Property Crimes Unit arrested 19 individuals in July, filing a total of 57 charges related to property crimes including theft, burglary, fraud, …