Caregiver arrested over alleged scheme to defraud patient of $1M Plantation home, life savings

A home health care aide was arrested on charges she exploited her elderly patient, including getting him to sign over his $1.1 million home in Plantation.  Lillian Emeline Morris allegedly took advantage of a man in his 80s in her care, who was diagnosed with cognitive disorders and suffers from depression. Morris, 78, used her “position of trust and undue influence” to take over his finances, according to a Broward Sheriff’s Office investigator’s July report.  “She used his savings to buy things for her own benefit and travel abroad, causing him to lose almost his entire net worth,” the investigator […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.