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.