Woman Holding POA Charged In $60K Ripoff Of Elderly, Care Facility-Bound Mom; Unpaid Nursing Home Bills Trigger Probe

In Napanee, Ontario, The Canadian Press reports:

• A woman holding power of attorney for her elderly mother has been charged with stealing from her, in a community near Kingston, Ont. Angela McKenna-Cox, 38, whose last known address was in Prince Edward Island, was charged after a lengthy investigation into a complaint from a retirement home in Amherstview.

• She is charged with theft by person holding power of attorney, theft over $5,000, personation with intent to obtain property and two counts of fraud over $5,000. Police say it was reported that the cost and care of her elderly mother was neglected since 2007. McKenna-Cox is in custody and will appear in Napanee provincial court next Tuesday. The estimated value of the financial offences is about $60,000.

Source: P.E.I. woman charged with stealing from elderly mother in Ont. retirement home.