Editor's note: Old folks scrimp and save all their lives to have a predator such as this director gamble their life savings away. And the Probate Court Cook County does the same crime...and gets away with it. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
Former assisted living center director sentenced in financial exploitation
Elaine Marie Elcyzyn
JAY – The former director of a Grand Lake assisted living center accused of using a patient’s debit card at several casinos received a 15-year suspended sentence and order to pay restitution, a prosecutor said Monday.
Elaine Marie Elcyzyn, 38, of Grove, pleaded no contest in Delaware County District Court on Thursday to financial exploitation by caretaker.
She was also ordered to pay $4,680.30 in addition to a $1,000 fine and court costs, said Nick Lelecas, assistant district attorney.
Elcyzyn, the former director of Grand Wood Assisted Living, was charged after bank statements of a dementia patient showed numerous ATM withdraws amounting to over $2,743 were withdrawn at the Grand Lake Casino in Grove, Turtle Stop Casino in Wyandotte and Cherokee Casino in Watts, according to an arrest affidavit.
“There were so many ATM withdrawals that the account became overdrawn,” the affidavit states.
Elcyzyn had her name on the patient’s checkbook and debit card, the affidavit states.
Elaine Marie Elcyzyn, 38, of Grove, pleaded no contest in Delaware County District Court on Thursday to financial exploitation by caretaker.
She was also ordered to pay $4,680.30 in addition to a $1,000 fine and court costs, said Nick Lelecas, assistant district attorney.
Elcyzyn, the former director of Grand Wood Assisted Living, was charged after bank statements of a dementia patient showed numerous ATM withdraws amounting to over $2,743 were withdrawn at the Grand Lake Casino in Grove, Turtle Stop Casino in Wyandotte and Cherokee Casino in Watts, according to an arrest affidavit.
“There were so many ATM withdrawals that the account became overdrawn,” the affidavit states.
Elcyzyn had her name on the patient’s checkbook and debit card, the affidavit states.
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