Seattle Feds freeze assets in elder abuse case

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8/11/2011 1:55:00 PM


Feds freeze assets in elder abuse case


A federal court has frozen the bank accounts and assets of the brother and sister-in-law of Coupeville resident Shea Saenger, who last month pled guilty to bilking an elderly Alzheimer’s victim out of $2.2 million.

A restraining order and injunction to preserve the personal properties of Mark and Rosemary Lumpkin of Arkansas was filed July 28 in U.S. District Court in Seattle.

In the filing, the federal government states that Saenger, 60, admits that she fraudulently obtained about $2 million from 80-year-old Ellensburg resident Norman Butler and transferred more than $1.1 million of it to her brother and sister-in-law.

Saenger faces up to 20 years in prison when she is sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard A. Jones on Oct. 7.

An affidavit from the federal government traces the fraudulent proceeds from Saenger to bank accounts held by the Lumpkins, and from those accounts, purchases of vehicles and farm equipment.

The restraining order and preliminary injunction freezes the Lumpkins’ savings and checking accounts, and vehicles that include tractors, trucks, trailers and a Harvest Master grain hopper.

The injunctions are designed to freeze the assets to make sure they are available to anyone making a claim for them, such as Butler’s family.

On July 14, Saenger pled guilty to one count of mail fraud in U.S. District Court in Seattle. She admitted that she defrauded Butler – who was suffering from memory loss and potential dementia – out of his money to pay for a mobile home for a sick “Uncle Jimbo” and to pay for breast cancer surgery. Uncle Jimbo did not exist, nor did she need surgery.

The injunction states that Saenger promised to marry Butler, even though she was married to someone else at the time.

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http://www.whidbeyexaminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=6423

Editor's note: Again, Why can't our Illinois Federal Agencies follow the example of other jurisdictions, such the case in article above in Seattle and the previous PA case? Come on Illinois FEDS, go after the Probate Court 18th floor; win one for  Gipper...  Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com