ST. LOUIS – A woman accused of targeting an elderly St. Charles County man in a fraud scheme that yielded hundreds of thousands of dollars has turned herself in to authorities in Georgia.
Shanita Gray, 51, faces ten counts of wire fraud, four counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of use of a counterfeit access device in a federal indictment unsealed Friday.
The indictment accuses Gray of using the elderly victim’s personal information to obtain financial power of an attorney to access the credit and debit cards and financial accounts of the alleged victim. Investigators say the victim is a widower from a St. Charles County nursing home.
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According to the indictment, Gray notified the administrators of the victim’s nursing home that she was seeking emergency guardianship of him. She also concealed the existence of the victim’s half-sister and told the victim’s son that she would manage his financial affairs.