Dementia Patient’s Bank Account Dwindled Down by Flint Woman

Veronica Pitts, 47, recently pleaded guilty to embezzling between $1,000 to $20,000 from adementia patient.

Pitts had obtained a conservatorship over the man, who wasadmitted into a nursing home in 2006. Pitts established a joint account with the man and admitted using someof his money after suffering from financial hardships.  She was discovered after the nursing homenever received payment on his $20,544 bill even though he regularly receivedincome from Social Security and a General Motors pension.

Pitts will serve five years probation and pay over $20,000in restitution.

See Gary Ridley, Flint Woman Ordered to Pay More Than $20,000After Embezzling from Dementia Patient, Michigan Live, July 15, 2013.