It was calculated that she spent $77,000 just in 2023 and 2024 with her roommate's credit cards, but the family believes that, in total, she spent over $100,000.
Author: Leah Myers
MANSFIELD, Conn — A woman is accused of spending thousands of dollars with several credit cards that belonged to her roommate, who is in his 90s, over the past few years.
State police arrested Lisa Perreault, 66, on Monday; she is facing larceny charges.
Troopers started investigating in December 2024 after someone reported a possible case of elder financial abuse in Mansfield.
The investigation found that Perreault had fully moved into a room in the now-96-year-old victim's home around January 2018, and the victim asked her to move out in December 2024.
It was calculated that Perreault spent over $77,000 on unauthorized purchases in 2023 and 2024. While the family and investigators were still calculating spending for 2022, the family of the victim believes that Perreault spent a total of $100,000 on unauthorized purchases on multiple credit cards, including an "ungodly amount of clothes and shoes" from Amazon, nursing license education expenses, $10,000 worth of fabric, a gym membership, insurance, phone bills, vehicle maintenance and gas, and restaurants.
The victim told investigators that he noticed around three or four years ago that more money was coming out than going in, and that more packages would arrive at the house. The victim told investigators that he told Perreault multiple times to stop spending so much money.
The victim was not sure how purchases were being made since at least one of the physical cards was almost always in his possession, but still had large account statements. Investigators found in Perreault's phone that she was keeping track of the information of 21 credit cards in the victim's name to benefit herself, according to the arrest warrant.
When police visited the home in late December 2024 and spoke with Perreault, she said she was not in a living situation she wanted to be in. When police asked about using the victim's credit cards, Perreault said, "That was all acceptable to him...he let me borrow things. But that was it, and I didn't do anything that he didn't allow me to do."
Investigators also found evidence that the victim's Will was changed, arranging that Perreault would inherit the house, and that she had plans to remodel the house, according to the arrest warrant.
There was an original agreement that Perreault would pay rent to the victim, but the arrest warrant states that she convinced the victim not to charge her rent.
A background check also found that Perreault was evicted from her Tolland home in September 2017, and had been staying with someone known to the victim before they introduced Perreault to the victim and suggested she move in.
Perreault was released on a $75,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 18.
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