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A Marion Center, Pa, area woman has been sentenced to seven years probation, as well as assessed costs, a fine and restitution, for bilking an elderly man for whom she served as a caregiver out of large amounts of money. Indiana County Common Pleas Judge Michael T. Clark also ordered Cyndi K.P. Patz, 51, of Rayne Township, to serve nine months on house arrest with electronic monitoring.
Patz was arrested on Nov. 13 on four felony counts: theft by unlawful taking or disposition, receiving stolen property, theft by deception and access device fraud.
On April 26 of this year,
she pleaded guilty to one felony count of theft by deception.
Detectives said they determined that
more than $105,000 was taken. However, Patz Pittsburgh defense attorney Thomas McKinley said
his client has not admitted to the amount taken.
In charging documents, investigators said Patz had been hired in 2018 as caretaker for Betty Boarts and took on some tasks as well for her companion, Raymond Spencer, also of the Marion Center area. Those investigators said Patz used Spencers debit card to make cash withdrawals and point-of-sale purchases at hundreds of locations from December 2018 through September 2019, when relatives of the couple grew suspicious and fired her.
https://www.indianagazette.com/news/police_emergency_and_courts/woman-gets-probation-house-arrest-for-bilking-man/article_e8784944-5516-5b96-b3b4-650fb258f7e5.html
NQAS
(10,749 posts)It seems outrageous. On the other hand, do we need to send everyone to prison?
That AG in South Dakota. He deserved to go to prison. Insurrectionists - prison. Small potatoes white collar fraud? Maybe not? I know. Where do you draw the line?
tishaLA
(14,176 posts)bermudat
(1,329 posts)There are people of color serving time for thefts less than $100 but she steals 6 figures
and no jail. It's great being white.