Welcome to The Home Equity Theft Reporter, a blog dedicated to informing the consumer public and the legal profession about Home Equity Theft issues. This blog will consist of information describing the various forms of Home Equity Theft and links to news reports & other informational sources from throughout the country about the victims of Home Equity Theft and what government authorities and others are doing about it.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
New Hampshire Woman Charged With Stealing Elderly Woman's Home Sale Proceeds
In New Hampshire, The Citizen of Laconia reports that a Belknap County Superior Court grand jury on May 24 returned three Class A felony indictments against Candy L. Latour, 38. Reportedly, Latour was the subject of three indictments. Among other things, the indictments charge Latour with the crime of theft by unauthorized taking of $73,000, which included the proceeds from the sale of the woman's home, the liquidation of the woman's individual retirement account and from her monthly Social Security income. All of the crimes are alleged to have occurred in Moultonborough. For more, see Woman indicted in theft of elder's money.