Tri-State woman pleads guilty to stealing over $158,000 from elderly or ill veterans

CINCINNATI (WXIX) – A Cincinnati woman has pleaded guilty to misappropriating funds from elderly or sick veterans totaling over $158,000, according to the district attorney’s office.

46-year-old Ishwanzya Rivers was federally charged with misappropriating funds as a fiduciary and arrested in August 2025.

The Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio says Rivers stole more than $135,000 from an elderly, dying veteran living in the Cincinnati VA hospital…

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