Pennsylvania AG Indicts Attorney In Alleged $550K+ Ripoff Of 90-Year Old Woman; Victim Gave Lawyer POA, Then Named Him Her Estate Executor

In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, The Delaware County Daily Times reports:

• Agents from the attorney general's office [] arrested a Montgomery County attorney for stealing nearly $555,000 from an elderly woman and, after her death, from her estate. He allegedly used the money to refinance his North Carolina beach house and to pay his credit card debt, authorities said. Attorney General Tom Corbett identified the defendant as Frank H. Morgan, Jr., 63, [...] a partner in the Norristown law firm of McTighe, Weiss, O’Rourke, Troncelliti and Morgan. Evidence and testimony regarding Morgan’s alleged illegal activity was presented to a statewide investigating grand jury, which recommended the criminal charges being filed.

• The grand jury found that in February 2006, Rita Trish, a 90-year women living in a Gladwyne assisted living facility, gave Morgan power of attorney, which authorized him to act on her behalf in legal and business matters. Trish gave Morgan her power of attorney three weeks after her husband died. In April of 2006, Trish signed a will naming Morgan the executor of her estate, which gave him the authority upon her death to administer her will and to ensure that her final wishes were respected.

For more, see Montco attorney busted in $550G scam on senior citizen.

See also, Attorney accused of embezzling once again:

• A Montgomery County attorney arrested [] for allegedly stealing nearly $555,000 from an elderly woman and her estate was once accused of similar crimes in Delaware County. In a 1992 civil suit, Frank H. Morgan Jr. was accused of funneling $152,000 from the estate of a New York man to Villanova University to cover his son’s tuition.