Upstate NY Man Gets 3 To 6 Years For Fleecing 80+ Year Old Grandmother Of $875K

The New York State Attorney General's Office recently reported:

• Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo [recently] announced the guilty plea of a Delaware County man who stole more than $875,000 from his grandmother. Michael Schmitt, 38, of Franklin, pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in the Second Degree (class C felony) [...] .“My office is committed to protecting New York’s elderly population from those who would seek to victimize them for financial gain,” said Attorney General Cuomo. “This case is especially egregious since this defendant stole from his very own grandmother.”

For more, see:

• Delaware County Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing More Than $875,000 From His Grandmother (Michael Schmitt allegedly spent her money on gambling, lavish personal expenses) (NY AG Press Release),
• Man imprisoned for thefts from grandmother (Schmitt will go to prison for three to six years; Binghampton Press & Sun-Bulletin).

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