This Guardian Enriched Herself Using the Finances of Vulnerable People In Her Care. Judges Let It Happen.

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https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-guardian-yvonne-murphy-beacon-eldercare-judges

This Guardian Enriched Herself Using the Finances of Vulnerable People In Her Care. Judges Let It Happen.

by Jake Pearson
Aug. 8, 5 a.m. EDT

Reporting Highlights

• Apparent Conflict of Interest: One of New York’s most prolific guardians used her own health care company to treat vulnerable people whose finances she controlled, an apparent violation of state law.

• Profiting at Wards’ Expense: ProPublica found at least 20 instances in which Yvonne Murphy referred wards under her care to her own agency, which charged them $1.5 million for services.

• Lax Judicial Oversight: Judges allowed the legally questionable arrangements for years — even when officials flagged the apparent conflict.

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.

When a New York judge appointed Yvonne Murphy to take over the care of Martin Chorost in late 2011, the 63-year-old had diabetes, dementia and a constellation of other maladies. He also had assets worth more than $800,000, which were put at his guardian’s disposal.

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1. this crooked guardianship was happening in California too...even worse

This was happening in California. People who make money from being guardianship would go looking for a certain person.

elderly (but not suffering from dementia)
Lives alone
owns a house
has a decent amount of pension or savings.

They would identify the person, go to a judge, file for guardianship, judge would rubber stamp it.

they show up at the elderly person's home, inform them that they were taking over their accounts. Give the elderly person a small
allowance or have them committed. and proceed to ransack their assets.

There was as an expose... one particular judge was rubber stamping the operation.