New Jersey Social Worker Pleads Guilty To Scamming Senior In Home Sale Proceeds Ripoff

In New Jersey, the Bridgeton News reports:

• "A 45-year-old Egg Harbor man pleaded guilty [last week] to stealing more than $70,000 from an elderly nursing home patient. [Alexander] Gotay, a Cumberland County social worker, admitted ... [that] he stole approximately $70,000 from an elderly patient, who has since died, who had resided at Lincoln Specialty Care Center in Vineland. He admitted withdrawing the victim's life savings from her various bank accounts and stealing the proceeds from the sale of her former residence."

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