A 36-year-old man has been charged with continuing a financial crimes enterprise after investigators say he exploited several elderly residents for large sums of money in Lake Forest. The Lake Forest Police Department began an extensive investigation in April into a report of financial exploitation of several elderly residents, according to a police report. Detectives […]
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Caregiver arrested for allegedly stealing over $12,000 from elderly woman in Vernon Hills
A former caregiver has been charged with committing identity theft and stealing over $12,000 from an elderly victim in Vernon Hills while the victim was in the hospital, prosecutors said. Trincetta Thompson-Crite, 29, of North Chicago, was charged with financial exploitation of an elderly or disabled victim over $5,000, aggravated identity theft of an elderly […]