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Mother Fails to Create Estate Plan

August 8, 2020
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A son looking to help his mother, learns that because he does not have power of attorney, he must go to probate court to get the legal author he needs to help his mom. Terry asks: My mother is 85 and has Alzheimer’s disease. Her condition isn’t that good. She doesn’t recognize me. I could be any one of four people to her. A few years ago I prepared a power of attorney form and sent it to her. My daughter was supposed to help her get it signed and notarized, but she never got around to doing it. I…

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Worse Case Scenario – You Want to be Prepared

August 6, 2020
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The coronavirus (covid-19) still exist, today.  The number of people infected, sickened and hospitalized have increased.  The number of deaths have also increased. With the coronavirus continuing to spread, a number of people have decided to put a will and health care directive in place. Since launching Unwrap This, our website statistics show that there have been a number of people downloading and using the forms.  This is good news, because we want people to be protected.  We would like for everyone to keep their money and stay in control of their life. If you have not put your documents…

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Diane Vettori-Caraballo

Judge Vettori-Caraballo Stole $328,000 from a Dead Client

August 2, 2020
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Former Judge Diane Vettori-Caraballo of Youngstown, Ohio, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for stealing from her deceased client’s estate.  Vettori-Caraballo also owes $328,000 in restitution. Vettori-Caraballo plead guilty to one count of mail fraud, one count of structuring cash deposits, and one count of making false statements to law enforcement. Vettori-Caraballo stole at least $100,000 in cash that was in the home of a client when that client died in March 2016, according to court documents. “The fact that the defendant stole at least $100,000 from an elderly person who trusted…

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Evelyn and Arthur Keiser

96 Year-Old Mother Sues Son for Fraud and Theft

August 1, 2020
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Arthur Keiser, the Chancellor and CEO of Keiser University, located in Florida, has been sued by his 96-year old mother, Evelyn Keiser, for allegedly cheating her out of income generated by businesses they own together. A family dispute has escalated over a lucrative for-profit college fortune.  There are charges and counter-charges, as well as an effort by Arthur Keiser to have his mother declared incapacitated by a probate court. In a complaint filed April 17, 2020 in Florida state circuit court in Broward County, Evelyn Keiser alleges that her son Arthur Keiser and his wife Belinda Keiser owe her rental…

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Margie O'Brien

Probate Judge Margie O’Brien Steals $432,711

July 31, 2020
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Margie O’Brien, a former probate judge in Atkinson County, Georgia, plead guilty to stealing almost half a million dollars between 2010 and 2017. A grand jury originally indicted O’Brien on 81 counts of theft by taking and two counts racketeering. The Atkinson County Grand Jury handed down a 50+ page indictment; which indicted O’Brien on 81 counts of theft by taking and two counts of racketeering. O’Brien is accused of handling the deposits for the Probate Court herself. She allegedly wrote all of the deposits slips personally and would keep money from each one for herself. She attempted to hide…

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Frederick H Green

Court Appointed Guardian Steals $Thousands from Elderly

July 30, 2020
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Frederick H. Green of Thompson Township, Ohio, and a former probate court-appointed guardian, was charged with three counts of fourth-degree felony grand theft, and one count of third-degree felony perjury. Green pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released on a personal recognizance bond. Green was appointed as a legal guardian for William Vancura, in May 2017 by Judge Tim Grendell of the Geauge County Probate Court.  In September of 2017, the bar association received a grievance letter against Green.  The letter claimed that Green, in his role as legal guardian, misappropriated $18,400 from Vancura. Michael T. Judy, Chairman…

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Ora Lomax

Wife for 64 Years Denied Guardianship – Stranger in Charge

July 27, 2020
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Ora Lomax did not go to probate court seeking guardianship or conservatorship, because the person, William Lomax, was her husband.  Instead, VCU Health System, where William Lomax had been a patient for just over a month — ever since one of his home aides had called 911 because he was having trouble breathing — had filed a petition with the court to have William declared incapacitated and have a guardian appointed to make decisions for him. You read that correctly.  The hospital stepped-in to gain control of William Lomax, bacause VCU Health System didn’t think Ora should be the guardian,…

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