Dancer accused of bilking elderly man she met at club

Chalsey O’Brien, 27, moved in with the elderly man, withdrew $38,000 from his checking account and used his debit card to purchase nearly $13,000 in merchandise online, according to FDLE.

Chalsey O’Brien

A dancer is accused of stealing more than $51,000 from a Volusia man she had met at a club where she worked, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Agents from FDLE arrested Chalsey O’Brien, 27, for one count of grand theft of a victim older than 65 and one count of criminal use of personal identification information of a victim older than 60.

In May 2019, the Office of the Attorney General requested FDLE’s assistance to investigate an exploitation case after a family member of the elderly man contacted authorities, FDLE spokeswoman Jessica Clary said.

Investigators said they learned that O’Brien had met the victim at the club in 2018 and moved in with him. From September 2018 to May 2019, O’Brien withdrew $38,448.80 in cash from his checking account and then made unauthorized transfers, Clary said. She did this by using a debit card assigned to the checking account and used the victim’s personal information to purchase $12,951.94 in merchandise online, according to FDLE.

The man didn’t give O’Brien permission to use his identity, Clary said. After obtaining the merchandise, she sold it for cash, according to FDLE.

Additionally, O’Brien transferred money from the victim’s money market account to his checking account by phone to prevent him from discovering the theft, all while continuing to take money from him, Clary said.

O’Brien was booked into the Volusia County Jail and held on $200,000 bail.

The suspect’s has had several run-ins with the law since 2012. Jail and court records show she has been arrested on various prostitution, drug, theft and traffic crimes.

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Charge dismissed against Gloria Morvan, Northbridge woman accused of bilking elderly man

WORCESTER - A charge that a Northbridge woman allegedly stole $195,000 from an elderly, legally-blind man she took care of was dismissed at the request of the commonwealth in Worcester District Court Tuesday. The action came after a grand jury declined to indict Ms. Morvan on Friday.

Timothy J. Connolly, spokesman for District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.’s office, said the motion to dismiss was based on the evidence presented to the grand jury.

Ms. Morvan, 63, of 51 High St. in the Whitinsville section of town, had been arraigned in Uxbridge District Court in April 2017, after police said she cleaned out an elderly man’s checking account. She did not work for a home care agency, but informally helped Harold Swart, then 83, with shopping, errands and bill paying. Mr. Swart paid her in cash for her help.

She allegedly had Mr. Swart sign a blank check in January, which she then filled out to herself for $195,000. In her statement to police, Ms. Morvan claimed that the money was a gift from Mr. Swart.

Ms. Morvan used the money to buy a condominium in Whitinsville for $160,000 and make renovations to it, among other things.

Northbridge Police helped Mr. Swart file a claim of fraudulent activity with Santander Bank, which processed the unauthorized check without question, even though it was significantly larger than other checks Mr. Swart had signed. Santander Bank later reimbursed Mr. Swart for the money taken from his account.

In another case, a charge against Ms. Morvan for leaving the scene of property damage after she allegedly backed into another vehicle at a Northbridge sports bar on June 30, was continued without a finding after Ms. Morvan admitted sufficient facts for a guilty finding on Monday. Ms. Morvan was ordered to three months administrative probation.

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