Tenant Charged With Ripping Off Elderly Landlord; Rental House Lost To Foreclosure, Cash Taken From Investment Property Refinancings

In Pekin, Illionois, the Pekin Daily Times reports:

• A South Pekin woman was arrested [...] for allegedly bilking an elderly man out of cars, loans and his pension money. Gina Y. Robinson, 38, [...] was arrested for financial exploitation of the elderly, forgery and altering titles, according to Pekin Police Public Information Officer Mike Sanders.

• In August the son of an 83-year-old Pekin man called police saying he feared his elderly father had been the victim of forgery by the father’s power of attorney, Robinson. [...] The victim owned several properties in Pekin and one of the properties had been foreclosed on in May. The elderly man had been renting the house to Robinson, said Sanders.

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• During the investigation, police learned that Robinson had also convinced the victim to make her his beneficiary at the time of his death. The victim told police he had been coerced by Robinson to take out loans on the homes he owned to help Robinson open a business, [...] which never opened, said Sanders.

For the story, see Woman allegedly scams elderly man. DeedContraTheft FinancialAbuseOfElderlyAlpha