Tuesday, January 06, 2009

New Jersey Woman Charged With Pocketing Elderly Mother's Housing Money Intended For Long Term Care Facility Where She Resided

From the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General:
  • Attorney General Anne Milgram announced that an Ocean County woman has been indicted for allegedly stealing more than $6,000 from her elderly mother.

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  • The indictment alleges that [... Ann] Selk failed to remit payments on her mother’s behalf to the long-term care facility in which the mother was a resident. As a condition of her mother’s Medicaid eligibility, Selk was required to turn over the mother’s monthly Social Security and pension checks to the residential long-term care facility as partial payment for care. The indictment alleges that Selk failed to turn over $6,376 of her mother’s available income to the facility on behalf of her mother.

For the New Jersey AG press release, see Ocean County Woman Charged in Theft of $6,000 from Her Mother.