A Sarasota Bay area man is locked up after he's accused of swindling nearly $600,000 from an elderly woman he was supposed to be taking care of. Detectives say among the things he spent her money on was a 2007 Lamborghini convertible.
97-year-old Depaulis "Anita" Seidel and 69-year-old Joseph "Pino" Cirillo were roommates in an upscale gated community in the Boca Royale Golf and Country Club, which is located in the Englewood area of Sarasota.
[D]ectives say several months before Seidel went into [a] nursing home, Cirillo started transferring money from her accounts into his Bank of America account. Money investigators say he used a portion of in July to buy an orange 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo 2-door convertible from Suncoast Motorsports. It cost $169,900.
The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office says due to Cirillo's unstable mental state and the amount moved from Seidel's account, Lutheran Services was granted emergency guardianship over Seidel.
The organization is working with an attorney to try to recover her money. But for now the sports car is parked in her garage and could be declared property of her estate.
Meanwhile, Cirillo has been charged with one count of Exploitation of the Elderly.
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4 comments:
Only one count of exploitation?
He was her roommate!!!
You're right, Thelma. He should have been charged with more.
Every day more and more of these crimes are in the news.
This is a familiar story.
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