California Caregiver Gets Jail Time for Embezzlement
Ramil Panlaqui will be spending time in jail. The former caregiver at Atherton Healthcare pled no contest to three felony charges of financial elder abuse. Taking a deal offered by prosecutors, Panlaqui avoided a maximum ten year prison sentence on multiple felony counts, including residential burglary and elder abuse. He will spend six months in prison and faces three years' probation. He must also reimburse Wells Fargo and Bank of America for the stolen money.
Panlaqui stole the checkbooks of an 88 year old resident and a 75 year old resident and wrote multiple checks from one resident's account to the other resident's account. He then withdrew the money from the second account. In all, he stole approximately $4,000. Authorities found a third completed check in his possession after his arrest.
