I have a brother that removed my mother from her home and is living with him.He went to bank and closed two of mom's accounts and opened a new one. I inquired at the bank and they said he brought my mother with him when this was done. She is 92. My mother was a victim of elderly fraud/theft that happened at this bank between her and another man 4 years ago. The bank cashed a $40K check and money received in CASH. They walked out of the bank and she gave him all the money. The bank has a note on their screen that says to contact me if there is suspicion of tampering due to past fraud.theft.. My name was also on the account and the bank says there is nothing they can do about it. Nobody called me. How does this happen? I'm livid that it's so easy for some people to pull off these transactions. Could there be an authority that is giving the green light to do this? I'm puzzled.
But I am wondering as in another posting it sounded like your Mom could have dementia because of the way your brother quickly moved your Mom to his house and locked you out, some of us posters were thinking maybe she was making up abuse stories. Apparently at the bank she acted of sound mind.
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