Elder Care Facility Operator Embezzles 665K from Elderly
A San Diego residential care facility operator has been charged with financial elder abuse and forgery among other charges stemming from a series of alleged acts of embezzlement from two elderly residents. 54- year-old Maria Corazon Park has been accused of embezzling a total of $665,000 from a 91-year-old man and an 89-year-old man.
An employee at a Wells Fargo bank caught the suspicious financial transactions that Park attempted to make which included $83,000 in three transactions from Fred Figueroa (91) and a total of $579,000 from George Vickey (89). Authorities caught Park when she tried to withdraw an additional $86,000 from Figueroa’s account but authorities found that Figueroa ha died prior to this transaction. Park operated three residential care centers and they were all shut down temporarily pending results of a preliminary hearing.
Elderly people often have to use their money to pay for their medical expenses, especially if they do not have any sort of medical insurance to aid them. When a person chooses to financially exploit or steal money from that elderly individual, they are taking away from their medical care because they are unable to pay for it. When it is the operator of a facility that should be caring for the elderly, it is much worse and that operator should be held completely responsible for their actions or the actions of their employees if they have any.
Oh, it cost to much money in elderly. What a big money amount, I didn't expect about this one.