Recently, a man and woman were charged with financially exploiting an 87-year-old Rochester Hills man by fraudulently gaining his legal power of attorney.
Kirk Lanam of Hartland is accused by the state Attorney General’s Office of embezzling over $400,000 for himself and his nonprofit, while Shelley Letzer of West Bloomfield allegedly stole thousands by, among other means, writing herself checks. Both were arraigned in an Oakland County district court.
About two out of three older adults report someone attempting to scam them and are uncertain about their ability to identify fraud schemes, according to the Michigan Poll on Healthy Aging from the University of Michigan.
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