Men charged with ‘account takeover’ elder abuse scheme

Two men are facing felonies after trying to take over the bank account of a Berkeley man with Alzheimer’s disease, according to court papers.

Police say surveillance cameras caught Lawrence Fabiani and Eddie Cheung inside the San Leandro Patelco in late December trying to “acquire power of attorney and take over the account.”

The men managed to make off with a $6,600 cashier’s check and “left with the power of attorney paperwork,” Berkeley police wrote in court papers…

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