A Las Vegas woman is accused of stealing more than $230,000 from a 79-year-old senior citizen and attempting to sell the victim’s home after allegedly gaining her trust and becoming her friend.
Diana Mendez, 31, was arrested following a nine-month police investigation into what authorities describe as a scheme that drained the elderly woman’s bank accounts and nearly cost her the house she had owned for years.
Prosecutors have charged Mendez with two counts of theft of $100,000 or more, attempted theft and two counts of exploiting an older or vulnerable person…