Caregiver charged with stealing $250,000 from 92-year-old
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Article Date: 10/8/2009 | Resource: MLG
Caregiver charged with stealing $250,000 from 92-year-old
“Woman accused of forging checks and using elderly woman’s debit card to steal.”
A former caregiver for a 92-year-old woman has been charged with multiple felony counts for allegedly stealing more than $250,000 from her elderly employer, authorities said.
If convicted, Susana Duran, 38, of Tijuana, Mexico, could face anywhere between two to 111 years in state prison.
Duran was taken into custody Monday after investigators discovered that the 38-year-old woman had allegedly stolen the 92-year-old woman’s debit card, forged several checks to herself and made purchases using the victim’s bank accounts.
Prosecutors have asked that Duran be held on a $250,000 bail, and that she prove that the money used comes from a legitimate source.
Duran allegedly worked as an in-home caregiver for the 92-year-old victim since January 2008, commuting daily from her home in Tijuana to Laguna Woods, according to prosecutors.
Duran allegedly worked 24-hour shifts at a time and it was during that time she allegedly took the woman’s bank information.
According to authorities, Duran took the woman’s debit card and PIN number without her knowledge, then made several daily withdrawals of $500 at a time. She allegedly also used the card to buy gasoline and a computer.
Duran is also accused of forging the woman’s signature on 10 checks to herself, totaling$39,000 from her account.
In all, Duran is accused of stealing more than $250,000.
She is charged with one felony count of financial elder abuse by a caregiver, 149 felony counts of using a debit card without authorization, and 10 felony counts of forgery.
She is expected to appear in court Oct. 19 for an arraignment hearing.
For more information regarding this article please contact:
Jeffrey Marquart
(949)589-0150
jmarquart@marquartlawgroup.com