New Jersey Man Defrauds Dying Woman by Posing as Nephew

James J. Demitro, a 43-year-old man from Matawan, NewJersey, admitted to stealing about $1 million dollars and the family home of aterminal cancer patient with dementia. 

Demitro defrauded the 87-year-old Red Bank woman by posingas her nephew and hiring attorneys to draft a will naming him executor and fullbeneficiary of her estate.  Demitro alsohad attorneys transfer the deed of the woman’s home to himself for $1.  He was arrested with over $600,000 found inhis bank accounts and a $150,000 Ferrari Spyder in his possession.  Under the terms of his plea agreement,Demitro now faces eight years in prison for attempted impersonation and theftby deception.

See Rob Spahr, Matawan Man Admits to Stealing $1M, Housefrom Dying Woman with Dementia, www.nj.com,Apr. 12, 2013.