Woman Charged With Financial Exploitation of Elderly Woman in Her Care

A woman hired to be a caregiver for an elderly resident with Parkinson’s disease is facing criminal charges for allegedly using the 86-year-old victim’s credit cards without her permission, running up thousands of dollars in charges.

Carpentersville Police Cmdr. Timothy Bosshart said the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office charged Lalaine Regencia, 46, of Cary, with financial exploitation of the elderly and two counts of theft. All are class 2 felonies.

 

Regencia had been working as a caregiver for the victim since February 2013, reports stated. The victim said she trusted Regencia, who would use her own car to take the victim to church, stores and to get her hair done.

 

On Jan. 14, according to reports, police met with Regencia who admitted to using the victim’s Chase credit card since spring or summer, to pay bills and to buy groceries and clothing.

 

When police asked her about the Chase bill approaching $16,000, the report stated Regencia said she didn’t realize it had gotten that high.

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