State regulators revoked Jeffrey Schend's privilege to serve as a guardian for people ruled legally incompetent even before police began an investigation into whether he stole from his vulnerable clients.County officials, meanwhile, say allegations that Schend took tens of thousands from those unable to handle their affairs will spur a review of whether there's enough oversight of guardians.
"Our main concern is to try to assure that our wards are safe, and whatever we can do to enhance our procedures, we're going to take a look at that," Joseph Guidote, the county's chief attorney said.
Schend, 44, of Appleton, was charged last week in Outagamie County Court with six felony counts of theft and one misdemeanor theft charge related to the finances of four of his clients.
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Frankly, I am surprised they did this already. Good move.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the court's (judge's) role in this. The court is supposed to be providing monitoring and oversight. How many victims had to complain before something was done?
ReplyDeletegood point anon who are the judges that were responsible for schend's cases? it is possible different procedures are in place considering a probate administrator and not a judge was monitoring this crooks cases good fast action when they figured this out and one has to wonder how many complained previously and where those complaints ended up? this all depends on 'when' this particular crook started his stealing spree.
ReplyDeleteMaybe 13 is the magic number?
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