A nursing home employee is facing charges after pleading guilty in a nursing home theft case. The employee used the credit cards of three patients to make personal purchases without their consent. She faces up to four years in prison for the $11,000 of goods purchased through the credit cards.
“Identity theft of any kind is reprehensible — especially when it exploits vulnerable New Yorkers like nursing home residents,” the state attorney general said in a statement. “My office will not tolerate it.” For more, read the story.