Home Health Care Aid Charged With Ripping Off Elderly Couple; Leads To Home Foreclosure

The Norwalk Citizen-News reports:

• "A 60-year-old city woman is accused of defrauding an elderly couple of hundreds of thousands of dollars while she worked for them as a home health aide. Nuria Reyes, 60, ... was arrested July 12 on six counts of first-degree larceny, one count of second-degree larceny, one count of third-degree larceny and 15 counts of criminal attempt to commit third-degree larceny."

According to an investigator with the Norwalk, Connecticut police, Reyes went to work for the elderly couple in 2003, at which time, the elderly couple owned their home free and clear of any mortgage. The husband died later that year after suffering a stroke, but the woman, who has a long term debilitating disease, continued to reside in the home. By 2006, the house had three mortgages and a home equity line of credit of almost $100,000, which led to its foreclosure in October, according to the investigator.

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