Thousands Stolen From Elderly Woman in Fox Point

The caretaker for an 88-year-old Fox Point woman was twice cited for theft by after she racked up more than $1,600 in charges on the woman's Boston Store credit card and cashed a $3,050 check that she took from her client.

According to the report:

The woman's son came into the police station and told officers more than $1,500 had been fraudulently charged to his mother’s Boston Store credit card. When he discovered the charges in late 2011, he reported it to the Glendale police since the charges were made at Bayshore Town Center. They requested a new card, but that card was also used for $126.71 in fraudulent charges, this time at Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa.  

The son told police he suspected the charges could have been made by the caregiver, a 50-year-old Wauwatosa woman, and when he contacted the Mayfair Boston Store, surveillance footage confirmed his suspicions.

In addition to the credit card charges, there was a check from a legal settlement his mother was supposed to have received. The son contacted the attorney who said the check was not only issued a few months earlier, but was cashed on March 15. The electronic copy of the check showed his mother’s signature with a transfer to the caregiver. The son confronted the caregiver and she returned the $3,050.

He then fired her. She had cared for the man's mother for 18 months. 

The son told police his mother does not have any medical conditions or diminished mental capacities that would account for the credit card charges or check cashing.

The caregiver was cited twice for theft, once for the credit card ($492) and once for the check ($492).