Karla Granda Pozada, 47, and Maureen Wade, 60, were arrested and accused of exploiting their elderly clients.
By Kim Wynne
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| Two Broward County women are behind bars, charged in two separate cases in which they were caregivers for elderly victims and used their bank accounts and debit cards to send themselves money or make fraudulent purchases, investigators said. NBC6’s Kim Wynne reports |
Two Broward County women are behind bars, charged in two separate cases in which they were caregivers for elderly victims and used their bank accounts and debit cards to send themselves money or make fraudulent purchases, investigators said.
Karla Granda Pozada, 47, and Maureen Wade, 60, were arrested and accused of exploiting their elderly clients.
Pozada appeared in bond court Thursday, where she was charged for using her 99-year-old client’s debit card without permission.
It happened at the victim’s home in Sunrise, investigators said. From June to October, the suspect used her client’s debit card to buy things from Apple and Amazon for herself.
Officials said she bought an iPhone 17, jewelry, and made car insurance payments — all totaling nearly $4,000.
She’s charged with grand theft, fraudulent use of another person’s ID without consent, and elderly exploitation.
In a separate case out of Coral Springs, Wade faces similar charges of exploiting her 97-year-old client.
Investigators said Wade made eight transfers totaling more than $200,000 from the victim’s retirement account to a money-market account.
Police said they found 94 checks totaling more than $300,000 deposited into the victim’s account, then found hundreds of withdrawals totaling more than $200,000.
Wade has been charged with elderly exploitation, grand theft and fraudulent use of another person’s ID without consent.
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