Minnesota Man Dodges Add'l Jail Time For Swindling Dying Mom; Pocketing Proceeds Of Home That Subsequently Fell Into Foreclosure Among Bad Acts

In Duluth, Minnesota, the Duluth News Tribune reports:

• A Twin Cities man has been sentenced to time served and nearly $10,000 in fines and restitution after pleading guilty to swindling his dying mother in Duluth, including draining her bank accounts of more than $170,000. Errol John Gilbertson II, 31, of Woodbury, Minn., told police he used his mother's money because of his addictions to methamphetamine and gambling, according to the criminal complaint.

• His mother, Vicki Gilbertson, was diagnosed in January 2007 with brain cancer and suffered from dementia and aphasia. At the time of her cancer diagnosis, she had more than $160,000 in bank accounts, according to the complaint. When she died at age 58 on July 22, 2007, Vicki Gilbertson's bank accounts had negative balances totaling nearly $11,000.

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• [Among his bad acts,] Gilbertson refinanced his mother's home and received an equity check for about $30,000. The home was refinanced for $112,000 and payments were not made. The home is in foreclosure.

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