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TexasTowelie

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Sun Jun 13, 2021, 02:55 PM Jun 2021

Attorney Swindled Elderly Maryland Woman Out of $1.8M [View all]

A man conned an elderly Maryland woman out of almost $2 million. The woman thought she could trust the attorney to set up her estate, but prosecutors say he took the money for himself.

Helen Nutt worked hard as a church secretary and saved her money, building a substantial nest egg.

“She died at 91 but she invested well and she saved,” Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy said. “She made her money the old fashioned way: She worked and saved.”

Prosecutors say she was swindled out of her hard-earned money by Jonathan Robbins, an attorney and CPA. They say she asked him for help in setting up trust and estate documents.

Read more: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/attorney-swindled-elderly-maryland-woman-out-of-1-8m/2655508/

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