Palm Beach senior in Toronto ‘Glitter Girl’ exploitation case dies

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The death of an elderly Palm Beach woman who was allegedly bilked out of millions of dollars by a once-prominent Toronto socialite “probably” won’t damage the police’s case, according to the Florida town’s top investigator.

Helga Marston, 92, died last week at her West Palm Beach retirement home, an employee confirmed to the Star. Police allege Nancy Tsai, one of the so-called “glitter girls” of Toronto’s high-society charity galas in the 1980s and 1990s, used money from Marston’s trust account to fuel her lavish lifestyle, purchasing a $170,000 Bentley and a $2.3 million penthouse suite, among other things. A doctor quoted in a police affidavit said Marston had “zero” mental capacity due to dementia when Tsai was making purchases with money from her account.

Tsai, 66, whose former name was Nancy Paul, is charged with exploiting an elderly person for more than $100,000, as well as grand theft of more than $50,000 from someone over 65. None of the allegations have been proved in court.

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