From UpperMichiganSource.com on 12/5/2014:
The 37-year-old woman charged with embezzlement from a vulnerable adult was scheduled to appear in Delta County District Court Thursday morning. Instead, Frances Kreft waived her prelim.
Beginning in 2010, Kreft allegedly took over $100,000 from a vulnerable resident at the D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans. According to police, a vulnerable adult is someone who is unable to protect themselves due to mental impairment or advanced age.
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Friday, December 5, 2014
Friday, November 28, 2014
Michigan Podiatrist Loses License After $135K Embezzlement Conviction From "Vulnerable Adult"
From MLive on 11/28/14:
The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has immediately suspended a Portage podiatrist's license based on her conviction on embezzlement charges Kalamazoo County Circuit Court.
Dr. Regina Lynne Spears, also known as Regina Lynne Spears-Everett, was convicted on July 11 of one count of embezzlement from a Vulnerable Adult — $20,000 or more, a felony and sentenced in Sept. 9, 2014, to serve nine months in jail, five years probation, and ordered to pay fines, costs and restitution totaling $169,572.18.
From January 2010 to January 2011, Spears-Everett, 51, stole more than $135,000 in cash from the life savings of Toni A. Verdries, a 91-year-old woman with dementia who Spears-Everett is believed to have first met in the 1990s at a doctor's office.
It took a jury less than two hours to find Spears-Everett guilty.
According to prosecutors and an investigation by the Portage Department of Public Safety, the doctor lavished some of the money she took on friends and family-- including an $18,000 car for a friend and $21,500 to pay a relative's outstanding debt.
She spent more than $2,500 on chocolates from a fudge company in South Carolina, authorities said.
Michigan's Public Health Code provides for the mandatory summary suspension of a health professional's license upon the conviction of a felony.
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The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has immediately suspended a Portage podiatrist's license based on her conviction on embezzlement charges Kalamazoo County Circuit Court.
Dr. Regina Lynne Spears, also known as Regina Lynne Spears-Everett, was convicted on July 11 of one count of embezzlement from a Vulnerable Adult — $20,000 or more, a felony and sentenced in Sept. 9, 2014, to serve nine months in jail, five years probation, and ordered to pay fines, costs and restitution totaling $169,572.18.
From January 2010 to January 2011, Spears-Everett, 51, stole more than $135,000 in cash from the life savings of Toni A. Verdries, a 91-year-old woman with dementia who Spears-Everett is believed to have first met in the 1990s at a doctor's office.
It took a jury less than two hours to find Spears-Everett guilty.
According to prosecutors and an investigation by the Portage Department of Public Safety, the doctor lavished some of the money she took on friends and family-- including an $18,000 car for a friend and $21,500 to pay a relative's outstanding debt.
She spent more than $2,500 on chocolates from a fudge company in South Carolina, authorities said.
Michigan's Public Health Code provides for the mandatory summary suspension of a health professional's license upon the conviction of a felony.
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Read the whole story here.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Michigan Woman Arrested For Allegedly Embezzling $100K From "Vulnerable Adult"
From UpperMichiganSource.com on 11.19.2014:
Detectives with the Escanaba Department of Public Safety arrested a 37-year-old Escanaba woman for embezzlement from a vulnerable adult of $100,000 or more.
According to the Escanaba Department of Public Safety, the arrest stems from a several month long investigation into missing funds of a vulnerable adult residing at the D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans. The suspect, who was aware of the investigation, turned herself in peaceably after being notified of the formal charges authorized by the Delta County Prosecutor's Office.
An embezzlement of this nature is a crime committed against an elder or otherwise vulnerable adult who is unable to protect him or herself due to mental impairment or advanced age. The felony carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and/or $50,000 or three times the value of the money or property involved, whichever is greater. This arrest comes on the back of a noticeable upwards swing in financial exploitation complaints involving elder and vulnerable victims.
Detectives with the Escanaba Department of Public Safety arrested a 37-year-old Escanaba woman for embezzlement from a vulnerable adult of $100,000 or more.
According to the Escanaba Department of Public Safety, the arrest stems from a several month long investigation into missing funds of a vulnerable adult residing at the D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans. The suspect, who was aware of the investigation, turned herself in peaceably after being notified of the formal charges authorized by the Delta County Prosecutor's Office.
An embezzlement of this nature is a crime committed against an elder or otherwise vulnerable adult who is unable to protect him or herself due to mental impairment or advanced age. The felony carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and/or $50,000 or three times the value of the money or property involved, whichever is greater. This arrest comes on the back of a noticeable upwards swing in financial exploitation complaints involving elder and vulnerable victims.
Monday, October 20, 2014
Michigan Woman Accused Of Embezzling $460K From Nursing Home Residents
From www.mlive.com on 10/17/2014:
LAPEER, MI – The Lapeer County woman accused of embezzling more than $460,000 from residents at a Rochester Hills nursing home has been arraigned and is free on bond.
Tina Marie Binkley, 44, of Almont, was arraigned Thursday, Oct. 16, according to the Attorney General's Office. The charges include two counts of embezzlement from a vulnerable adult of $100,000 or more, with each charge punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $50,000 fine or three times value of the money or property involved, whichever is greater.
Oakland County District Court Judge Julie Nicholson set Binkley's bond at $25,000 cash or surety, which she posted on Friday, Oct. 17, according to the Attorney General's Office.
Investigators allege money was taken from 136 residents from the Boulevard Health Center.
Authorities said Binkley was fired in April 2013 from her job as the facility's business manager after allegedly failing to follow standard financial reporting procedures.
The case was referred to the Attorney General's Office after an accountant hired by the facility noticed bookkeeping discrepancies. Binkley allegedly had access to a general account for facility income and day-to-day expense, as well as a trust fund.
Binkley was arrested Thursday, Oct. 16, by special agents from the Department of Attorney General after an investigation by the state Attorney General's Health Care Fraud Division.
Binkley is scheduled to be in court for a pre-exam conference on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 10 a.m. and will be assigned a court-appointed attorney.
Update (3/2/2015): Binkley sentenced to prison:
A nursing home business manager who stole $460,000 from residents of the Oakland County facility has been sentenced to between two years, four months and 20 years in prison.
Forty-four-year-old Tina Binkley of Almont pleaded guilty Jan. 27 to one count of embezzlement from vulnerable adults.
Binkley told an Oakland County circuit judge at Monday's sentencing that she's "very sorry" for what she did and "is not the same person" who committed the crimes.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has said that Binkley agreed to pay $460,000 in restitution to 136 victims. Schuette says that she stole the money between May 2010 and April 2013 as business office manager at Boulevard Health Center in Rochester Hills.
LAPEER, MI – The Lapeer County woman accused of embezzling more than $460,000 from residents at a Rochester Hills nursing home has been arraigned and is free on bond.
Tina Marie Binkley, 44, of Almont, was arraigned Thursday, Oct. 16, according to the Attorney General's Office. The charges include two counts of embezzlement from a vulnerable adult of $100,000 or more, with each charge punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $50,000 fine or three times value of the money or property involved, whichever is greater.
Oakland County District Court Judge Julie Nicholson set Binkley's bond at $25,000 cash or surety, which she posted on Friday, Oct. 17, according to the Attorney General's Office.
Investigators allege money was taken from 136 residents from the Boulevard Health Center.
Authorities said Binkley was fired in April 2013 from her job as the facility's business manager after allegedly failing to follow standard financial reporting procedures.
The case was referred to the Attorney General's Office after an accountant hired by the facility noticed bookkeeping discrepancies. Binkley allegedly had access to a general account for facility income and day-to-day expense, as well as a trust fund.
Binkley was arrested Thursday, Oct. 16, by special agents from the Department of Attorney General after an investigation by the state Attorney General's Health Care Fraud Division.
Binkley is scheduled to be in court for a pre-exam conference on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 10 a.m. and will be assigned a court-appointed attorney.
Update (3/2/2015): Binkley sentenced to prison:
A nursing home business manager who stole $460,000 from residents of the Oakland County facility has been sentenced to between two years, four months and 20 years in prison.
Forty-four-year-old Tina Binkley of Almont pleaded guilty Jan. 27 to one count of embezzlement from vulnerable adults.
Binkley told an Oakland County circuit judge at Monday's sentencing that she's "very sorry" for what she did and "is not the same person" who committed the crimes.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has said that Binkley agreed to pay $460,000 in restitution to 136 victims. Schuette says that she stole the money between May 2010 and April 2013 as business office manager at Boulevard Health Center in Rochester Hills.
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