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| John Louis Wages |
A Pensacola man faces up to 30 years in state prison after a jury convicted him of exploiting a blind, elderly victim.
An
Escambia County jury on Tuesday convicted John Louis Wages, 45, of
illegal use of criminal identification information against a victim over
60 years of age and exploitation of the elderly, according to a release
from Attorney General Pam Bondi's office.
The case
was investigated by the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
and the State Attorney's Office after an anonymous report to the Florida
Department of Children and Families Elder Abuse hotline.
The
person who called the hotline said Wages was using an elderly victim's
money and credit card without consent while the victim was in Wages'
care.
The victim was deemed legally blind and
suffered from hearing loss and was moved into Wages' home for assistance
with daily activities and finances, according to the Attorney General's
office release.
More than $20,000 had been
misappropriated from a joint account Wages opened with the victim
shortly after moving the victim into his home.
Wages
bought his children more than $1,000 worth of Christmas presents with a
Target gift card issued in the victim's name without consent, the
release states.
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Pensacola man convicted of spending more than $20K of blind, elderly victim's money
For shame!
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