Tennessee caregiver accused of driving aged shopper to financial institution, taking on $100K

A caregiver in Tennessee is going through a number of fees after she allegedly exploited her aged shopper into withdrawing massive quantities of cash from her checking account and handing it over, authorities mentioned Friday.

Kathey Nance, 67, was arrested after stealing greater than $116,000 from the sufferer over the course of a 12 months in Montgomery County, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation mentioned.

Between March 2021 and February 2022, Nance would drive the shopper to the financial institution and assist her withdraw the massive sums of cash earlier than taking the money for herself, in accordance with investigators.

Nance then allegedly despatched the cash to a different account by means of a Bitcoin ATM.

She would proceed taking the aged lady to the financial institution for withdrawals regardless of being informed to cease by the sufferer’s daughter, investigators mentioned.

Nance can be accused of making an account within the sufferer’s identify and utilizing private data of the sufferer’s daughter with out the daughter’s permission.

A grand jury indicted Nance on April 4 on one rely of caregiver neglect of an aged grownup and one rely of id theft – get hold of, possess, purchase or use a private ID of one other individual.

On Tuesday, Nance was arrested and booked into the Montgomery County Jail on a $25,000 bond.

The arrest of the caregiver follows a separate incident in Florida, the place two well being care staff allegedly verbally abused and taunted a girl who has dementia throughout a live-stream.

Authorities mentioned the sufferer in that incident was secure and the 2 well being care staff have been arrested and charged with video voyeurism, abuse and neglect of an aged or disabled grownup.