Washington Man Gets Two Months For Abusing POA, Leaving Mentally Impaired 78-Year Old Woman Homeless

In Kitsap County, Washington, the Kitsap Sun reports:

• A Bremerton man has been sentenced to two months in jail for a mortgage theft scheme that left an elderly woman without a home, according to documents filed in Kitsap County Superior Court. Tony Thomas, 55, pleaded guilty to second-degree theft Sept. 4. He’s serving 30 days in the county jail, and then must serve another month of jail alternatives, according to the sentence handed down by Judge Anna Laurie.

• Thomas and the elderly woman, who he had power of attorney over, received a $100,000 mortgage in December 2007 for the purposes of remodeling the woman’s home, court documents said.(1) But criminal charges were filed in September 2008 when at least $60,000 of the money came up missing, and the woman lost her home. The woman had decreased mental capacity, the documents said.

Source: Man Sentenced to 2 Months in Mortgage Scam.

(1) According to an earlier story, Bremerton Police detectives said the elderly woman's home had long since been paid for at the time the mortgage was obtained. see Mortgage Scam Costs Elderly Bremerton Woman Her Home.