A Batavia couple who bilked an elderly female relative out of more than $40,000 and then used the money to buy drugs were sentenced to prison.Michael Waters, 49, and his wife, Brenda Waters, 48, pleaded guilty to financial exploitation of an elderly person, and were sentenced to four years and three years, respectively, in prison.
As part of the plea, they were also ordered to make restitution of $41,705 to the 80-year-old woman.
According to Kane County prosecutors, the couple used a combination of deception and coercion to induce the woman to withdraw the money from Batavia-area automated teller machines throughout 2008.
When the victim discovered that the couple had been forging her name on checks, she went to police.
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Batavia Couple Sentenced for Bilking Relatives
3 comments:
It appears the resitution is more than they swindled from the woman --- could it be that they're actually to pay interest? Wow!
bye bye crooks i hope they make you work while in prison too pay back all that money with interest now that is the way to go
Good - they should always be forced to pay back the money too.
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