California man charged with theft by deception in Montgomery

by WAKA Action 8 News 

A California man is in custody in Montgomery for trying to deceive an elderly person out of a large amount of money.

According to court records, on August 22, 27-year-old Kaun Yi Tsou, of Diamond Bar, CA, and an unnamed co-conspirator committed the crime of aggravated theft by deception by obtaining over $300,000 from a Montgomery resident who is over the age of 60.

Court records say the victim was in contact with the suspects and was told to invest in a fraudulent platform. The victim was led to believe they owed fees in excess of $300,000. Court records say Tsou traveled from California to Montgomery to meet with the resident and receive the money in a box.

The Alabama Securities Commission was notified by LPL Financial in Montgomery that the resident was believed to be a victim of financial exploitation of the elderly.

Tsou is in the Montgomery County Detention Facility and charged with Aggravated Theft by Deception. His bond is at $1 million. 

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Former NH lawyer, Democratic congressional candidate arrested for deceiving client with brain injury

By Marc Fortier 

Former New Hampshire lawyer and one-time Democratic congressional candidate Justin P. Nadeau is facing multiple charges for allegedly tricking a client with a traumatic brain injury into giving him two loans totaling nearly $300,000 and then concealing his actions.

Nadeau, who lost a bid for New Hampshire's First District Congressional seat in 2004, is charged with theft by deception, forgery, multiple counts of falsifying physical evidence and financial exploitation of an elderly, disabled, or impaired adult, the New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella announced Wednesday.

The court affidavit alleges that Nadeau induced two loans totaling $281,500 from a former client who had recently suffered a traumatic brain injury under false pretenses, and then took efforts to conceal his misconduct from the New Hampshire Attorney Discipline Office by altering electronic file metadata and submitting false documents, according to the attorney general's office.

Nadeau was disbarred in April by the New Hampshire Supreme Court's Professional Conduct Committee.

He is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 9 in Rockingham District Court in Portsmouth.

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