Colleen A. Averill, 61, of Beaverton, Oregon, was sentenced yesterday to 3 years in prison for bilking a 95 year old woman out of $563,000 entrusted to her as a financial planner. The victim, Mary Pence, testified in court that Averill "acted like she was my best friend...(but) was an out-and-out thief." Averill had previously pleaded no contest to multiple counts of first-degree aggravated theft, criminal mistreatment and forgery. Averill reportedly stole the funds in part to finance a gambling habit.Read the story here.
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