Teter makes his case to council
By JOHN EBY / Dowagiac Daily News
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:26 AM EDT
Former Cass County prosecutor Scott Teter of Edwardsburg made his case before Dowagiac City Council Tuesday night to succeed Judge Paul Deats, retiring after 29 years.
Teter and his opponents, former Dowagiac resident Dale Blunier of Edwardsburg and Paw Paw attorney Stacey Rentfrow of Marcellus, will be appearing together at Silver Creek Township Hall, 32764 Dixon St., at 7 p.m. Monday, June 16, according to County Commissioner Ed Goodman.
Teter transferred to Cox's elder abuse financial exploitation unit, which investigates health care fraud.
"About a year and a half ago," he said, "I handled the largest Medicaid fraud case in Michigan's history and collected back for our taxpayers $52.5 million. Since I went I've collected about $105 million. I think one of my strengths is being able to take a look at problems that have been going on and taking a creative approach to solving them."
"Elder abuse is still the most under-reported crime in the country," Teter said. "Sadly, that woman in Mason Township (Margaret Bosworth, 85) was my neighbor. I grew up across the street from her. She was murdered, they believe, because of financial exploitation. She finally stopped giving them money and they killed her. Somewhere along the line, if we had been more effective in dealing with the underlying financial exploitation, I don't know if she'd be alive, but we would have done everything we could. I had an elder abuse task force going when I left. It has not continued, but it needs to be restarted because that problem's not going away."
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SOURCE: DowagiacNews
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