Friday, May 20, 2011

Alleged Guardian Theft

An Appleton man hired by Outagamie County to protect the legal interests of elderly and disabled residents is charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from their accounts.

Affected families say the alleged crimes are devastating.

Jeffrey Schend, 44, faces six felony counts of theft in Outagamie County.

He's worked as a contracted legal guardian for the county since 2004, and late last year his business, JMS Guardianship Services, began receiving calls that clients' bills weren't being paid.

According to the criminal complaint, prosecutors examined accounts of four people under Schend's care, and they discovered about $400,000 transferred to Schend's company could not be found in the company's books.

The family of one of the alleged victims in this case says they are appalled by the allegations.

Full Article,Video, and Source:
Families Devastated by Legal Guardian's Alleged Theft

5 comments:

Thelma said...

So what else is new? These perps don't get enough in commissions and bills, they have to steal, too?

Haileigh said...

Take everything this man has got and sell it to pay the victims back. He won't need it; he'll be in the big house.

Anonymous said...

Harsh punishment NO MERCY one got caught many others got away with it. Great job!

Jason said...

I hope the victims find and join NASGA. We have to change the system and hold people accountable and we'll only do it if we work together.

Sue said...

I wonder how many more victms of this thief will surface?