I know all about how financial fraud happens all too well. My family situation is very difficult to talk about but I am reaching out to see how others have dealt with this type of fraud.
My father passed away and left my mother his entire estate. My mother explained to me that nothing would go to me or my two brothers until her death. My younger brother who was present during my father's last days was made her POI per my dying father's request to take care of my mother. Brother was on her one checking account. Over the next 5 years he had used that account for his personal use which included buying 2 homes, cars, vacations, and jewelry for his new wife. All happening without my mother's knowledge. He moved her to NC and had hired a home care person one month after my father's death. She wanted to be close to brother in NC. He then moved back to MI after marrying a girl that he knew while in NC. He is living in Michigan and now my mother has moved to her caretaker's home in NC. Mom did not want to move in with me or out of NC, as she was very attached to her caregiver. She had to move due to her checking account being overdrawn. My brother had also been withdrawing funds from her social security checks.
My mother does not have a phone, no home of her own, and is somewhere in NC living with her home caregiver. (In her home with her own family)
I have tried this caregiver's phone both by text and voicemail without any response. I do have her address and phone which I got from my mother a couple of months ago. Now her caregiver has become a concern of mine!
I need to speak with my mother to make sure she is healthy, and bring my brother to justice.
Does anyone out there have any advice/experience with this type of problem?
I feel so helpless at this point!