Bergen County DA Charges NC Man With $550K Ripoff Of Stepmom, Leaving Her Facing Eviction Notices From Assisted Living Residence

In Bergen County, New Jersey, the Greensboro [NC] News & Record reports:

• A Greensboro man was arrested [] and charged with stealing about $550,000 from his stepmother in New Jersey. [He] is charged with theft by deception and theft by failing to make required disposition of property received, according to a statement from the Bergen County (N.J.) Prosecutor's Office. [He] was held in jail on $25,000 bail.

• In March, a family member of [the stepmother] reported to authorities that [the stepson] took about $550,000 from her bank account with PNC Bank. [He] then used the money for his personal benefit by having power of attorney for his stepmother, according to the release.

• In August 2006, [the stepmother] had been placed in an assisted living residence in Paramus, N.J., and had been given a notice of eviction on two separate occasions for non payment.

For the story, see Greensboro man charged with taking thousands from stepmother.