Concord home health worker charged with fraudulent use of elderly client's credit card

By Paul Feely

Katherine Price

HUDSON — A Concord home health care worker is facing fraud charges after Hudson police say she racked up more than $1,500 in fraudulent charges on an elderly client’s credit card.

According to Hudson police, on Jan. 20 officer Matthew Blazon launched an investigation after an elderly and disabled Hudson resident reported she had been the victim of unauthorized access to her bank accounts by a home health care worker over an eight-month time frame in 2019.

According to police, following a monthlong investigation, Blazon issued an arrest warrant for Katherine Price, 29, of Concord on charges of financial exploitation of an elderly or disabled adult, fraudulent use of a credit card and forgery.

On March 7, Price was taken into custody by state police in Concord and was transferred to Hudson police. She was booked on the charges and released on $140 cash bail. Price is scheduled for arraignment in Hillsborough County Superior Court in Nashua on March 19.

According to Hudson police Lt. Mike Gosselin, the charge of financial exploitation of an elderly or disabled adult, and the charge of fraudulent use of a credit card, are Class A felonies because the alleged amount for each criminal charge exceeds $1,500. Forgery is charged as a Class B felony because it involves a suspect check, police said.

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