An in-home caregiver was sentenced to three years in state prison Thursday for embezzling more than $80,000 from the retired Fairfax couple who hired her.Jane Macam McClellan, a 47-year-old mother of eight, was also ordered to pay $83,099 in restitution to the couple, who are in their 90s.
McClellan, also known as Jane Macam Deleon, was sentenced by Judge James Ritchie after two days of hearings over the amount of money she owed. Prosecutors and McClellan's lawyer disagreed on whether certain funds were borrowed, stolen or used for legitimate expenses and services.
"The judge felt he had to trust the numbers that were provided by the family," said Anthony Lowenstein, McClellan's defense attorney. "This is a very hard case where no one really wins. It was a very emotional court hearing."
McClellan worked for the Fairfax couple, a 98-year-old woman and her 92-year-old husband, for about six months. She was fired in August when the couple's family discovered financial irregularities.
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Fairfax Couple's Caregiver Gets Prison for Embezzlement
How can she repay the money while doing three years in prison?
ReplyDeleteWill she regain custody of her children when she gets out?
I am always glad to see resitution ordered.
ReplyDeleteI would think there would be a schedule for repayment when she gets out of prison. Which will be before 3 years, I'm sure.
Perhaps everything she has now should be sold and the proceedes given as her first resitution payment???
ReplyDeleteWhat worries me about the resitution is the possibility that the elderly couple are now in guardianship...with the guardian reaping the resitution in fees.
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