The National Police have arrested a 49-year-old woman in Castellón as the alleged perpetrator of fraud and theft for supposedly withdrawing, without authorization, and over several months, nearly 24,000 euros from the bank account of the woman she cared for, taking advantage of the days when the latter was undergoing medical treatment due to her delicate health condition. The investigation began after the victim’s family reported the disappearance of the money upon reviewing the bank accounts following the elderly woman’s death.
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According to the report this Thursday by the Superior Police Headquarters of the Valencian Community, the family discovered the transactions when they went to the bank to update and close the deceased’s accounts. It was then that they found that, over several months, numerous large cash withdrawals had been made without any of the relatives being aware of or authorizing them.
According to the police investigation, these transactions did not correspond to the spending habits of the victim, an elderly woman who was in a situation of special vulnerability. The deceased had limited mobility, required 24-hour care, and was undergoing medical treatment, circumstances that, according to the investigators, made the detected cash withdrawals “completely unusual.”
The officers analyzed the bank movements and concluded that the withdrawals coincided with the period during which the now-arrested woman was responsible for caring for the elderly woman. According to the Police, the withdrawals stopped when the woman was admitted to a hospital shortly before her death.
During the investigation, the officers also found out that the caregiver sometimes accompanied the victim to the bank branch to make cash withdrawals and even assisted her with these transactions due to her advanced age. This circumstance, the National Police maintain, would have allowed her to learn the PIN number of the bank card.
Additionally, it has been verified that the suspect sold a piece of jewelry belonging to the deceased, all without the knowledge of the family. After all the investigations and evidence gathered, the investigators proceeded to arrest the suspect for fraud and theft, estimating an economic damage of 24,000 euros.