Conan has been spending a couple of hours each night doing research to help his cousin, who last weekend found out that his wife put their family in debt to the tune of half a cool mil. That's right, 500K-at least that's the figure for now. Apparently, she had falsified savings and checking account statements, never paid off their sons' tuition, bought new cars and furniture, and refinanced their new house at least a couple of times.
She was able to dupe friends that were notaries into attesting to her fakes of his signature. There is are a handful of federal felonies of which she is guilty. But the worst crime in my opinion isn't something that is contained in any federal or state criminal code--it's the taking of money from her three sons. She apparently dug into their savings accounts too--which to me makes her sad, pathetic individual and completely unfit to parent. She checked herself into a hospital, and I think she is perhaps hoping to dupe everyone into sympathizing with her. But how can you sympathize with someone who falsifies financial information, commits mail fraud, and steals from their own children?
Posted by equilibrium-girl at September 3, 2005 10:21 AMatrocious. absolutely atrocious.
Posted by: brooke at September 6, 2005 09:32 AM