MIAMI (WSVN) - A Miami-Dade County caretaker was arrested on charges of grand theft and organized scheme to defraud, officials said.
Zoraida Mollinea allegedly exploited the 89-year-old woman she was caring for, gaining access to her accounts and using the cash for personal gain.
“She obtained a power of attorney, and then she was able to have access to her bank accounts. She then had access to selling her home,” Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said during a news conference on Thursday. “The defendant sold that home for just under $400,000, took the proceeds from that home that was sold and put it into a bank account.”
Authorities are now working to get the elderly woman the help she needs.
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