Waukeganite charged with swindling elderly woman
BY JOHN ROSZKOWSKI jroszkowski@pioneerlocal.com March 27, 2012 8:12PM
Updated: March 28, 2012 2:47AM
A Waukegan woman is being held in Lake County Jail on $250,000 bond on charges she swindled an elderly Lake Forest woman out of approximately $100,000 over a nearly two-year period.
Maria R. Manzanero, 41, of 1709 W. Monroe St., was arrested on a warrant at her home March 25 and charged with financial exploitation of the elderly, aggravated identity theft and theft.
Lake Forest police say Manzanero worked as a home health-care provider from November 2009 through July 2011 at the home of a Lake Forest woman who was over 80 years old.
Reports say she knowingly used personal identifying information of the victim to fraudulently obtain cash from the victim’s bank account.
Lake Forest Deputy Police Chief Glenn Burmeister said the amount of money stolen from the victim was about $100,000.
Burmeister said family members discovered money missing from the victim’s account after another employee took over as health-care provider. The family members reported it to police, who launched an investigation in early December.
The arrest followed a more than three-month investigation by Lake Forest police.
Manzanero is scheduled to appear in Lake County Circuit Court for a bond review hearing March 30.
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http://newssun.suntimes.com/11561368-418/waukeganite-charged-with-swindling-elderly-woman.html
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
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