October 8, 2009
In a recent report, crimes against the elderly in the Detroit region included the robbery of an 84-year-old man in his home by two men who said they were utility workers, and a daughter who stole tens of thousands of dollars in a few months from her mother. Her mom had saved the money to pay for residence in an assisted living home.
According to the report, the elder population is a little less than a quarter of Michigan's total. But crimes against them recently have been nearly a third of the state's total.
Many elderly are a little lonely and happy to engage with friendly types. Some are more gullible and naive, even if they were less so when they had many more daily interactions with others.
Criminals see them as easy marks. So do too many relatives, especially when jobs and incomes are dwindling along with caring, respect and morality for seniors.
State Sen. Dennis Olshove, D-Warren, is proposing increasing penalties for those who defraud seniors, perhaps to a maximum of 20 years in prison and three times the amount stolen. House Bill 5011 is cosponsored by Oakland County Democrats Vicki Barnett of Farmington Hills and Vincent Gregory of Southfield.
It should be passed, but preventive measures also are needed.
Abridged
SOURCE: The Oakland Press
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Elder fraud is a great way to make money. Low life con artists prey on the the elderly because their generation still believe they can trust those in authority including elected officials, lawyers, doctors and those who work for mobile home parks and nursing homes.
When my father was dying of alzheimers disease I discovered that there was a group of people
in Sarasota Florida who were preying on the elderly. I contacted an attorney in Brick Township Ocean County New Jersey Edward Murachanian who I gave facts about this elder fraud.
I believed, this attorney Edward Murachanian being a former assistant prosecutor was a good
choice to help bring these criminals to the attention of law enforcement. Boy was I wrong.
Edward Murachanian has been playing the deception card and has been running his own fraud scheme out of Fellowship Chapel Point Pleasant Beach New Jersey. Hey a former assistant prosecutor who will pray with you has to be good, right?
Wrong. Edward Murachanian proceeded to discredit and destroy my life and the lives of my 81 year old mother and 7 year old child.
How? Coming from the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office Murachanian has in place those in authority to do so.
The group in Sarasota Forida is the Mobile Estates Homeowners Association, Louise Prib, Laura Nolan, Lawyer Robert Smallwood, Lawyer Stephen Kurvin, Lawyer Christopher Likens, Ernest Buel and Janice Domiter.
One of their biggest con is not recording deeds of the elderly. Lawyer Robert Smallwood in
particular has filed several affidavits stating that not recording the deeds was just and
"oversight".
Report Elder Fraud and Elder Abuse to the FBI in Washington, DC.
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