Befriended by a tradesman, an elderly woman drew around $70,000 in
cash over a period of weeks from her bank to give to the man who called
her "Nana".
He'd been doing some painting work for her, but nobody realised what was going on in a case of what has come to be known as financial "elder abuse", the exploitation of older, vulnerable people, often by those they have come to trust.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/8430571/New-Zealands-hidden-shame
He'd been doing some painting work for her, but nobody realised what was going on in a case of what has come to be known as financial "elder abuse", the exploitation of older, vulnerable people, often by those they have come to trust.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/8430571/New-Zealands-hidden-shame
