Friday, March 27, 2009

Ex-Home Health Aide Gets 10 Years For Scamming Elderly Couple; Home Lost To Foreclosure

In Norwalk, Connecticut, Norwalk News reports:
  • A former home health aide who scammed an elderly couple out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, forcing them so far into debt that their home was foreclosed upon, was sentenced in Stamford Superior Court on Thursday to 10 years in prison. Nuria Reyes, 61, was given 10 years in prison, time served after five years. She must also pay $70,000 in restitution to her victims and has to give the victims 50 percent of the restitution up front.

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  • While working as a home health aide for Lee and Mary Kent from 2003 to 2006, Reyes applied for and obtained mortgages and a home equity line of credit on the victims' home at 14 Saranac St. during her employment.

For more, see Aide who scammed Norwalk couple given 10-year sentence.

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