“We all have those elderly people in our lives that may be a little bit more vulnerable and potentially on fixed income, so being defrauded, it really does have a large impact on them,” she said. But instead of helping him, it’s alleged she stole from him. Seventy-nine-year-old William Herbert thought the woman coming to see him was a nurse who needed to do bloodwork. “Some of those charges include fraud over $5,000, unlawfully in a dwelling house, assault, possession of forged documents, possession of stolen credit cards,” explained Munn. Thirty-year-old Ana Chamdal is now facing 77 charges and is being held in custody.

“In June 2022, the Surrey RCMP Financial Crime Unit launched an investigation following a fraud involving credit cards that were allegedly stolen from an elderly victim in Richmond,” she said. “This was a very extensive and complex investigation,” said Cpl. Herbert said her uncle is one of 21 alleged victims of a woman who police say posed as a care aide and a nurse, stealing from vulnerable seniors. “Thankfully, it wasn’t a huge amount, but $600 to someone who lives on pension is still $600.” “I was just flabbergasted,” Herbert said. Inside the bank, a teller would explain that there was only $12 left in his account after someone had made three withdrawls. “We would have care aides that would go in there three or four times a day and we would have nurses from Fraser Health that would attend his residence once or twice a month,” Herbert said.īut a few days later, when she took her uncle to run errands and they stopped at his TD Bank branch in Surrey, she discovered his bank card was missing. The caller said she’d be visiting Herbert's uncle the next day. “A woman identified herself as … a nurse from Fraser Health,” explained Laura-Lee Herbert.

Herbert, who has dementia, was still living independently with support last March, when his niece received a phone call from a blocked number. Seventy-nine-year-old William Herbert thought the woman coming to see him was a nurse who needed to do bloodwork.īut instead of helping him, it’s alleged she stole from him.

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