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Complaint Review: Michelle F. Fernandez - Yonkers New York
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Michelle F. Fernandez
106 Lockwood Avenue Yonkers, New York, USA
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Michelle F. Fernandez Medical Biller Runs Home-Based Scam Yonkers New York
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Yonkers, New York — A 31-year old Yonkers woman conned an elderly may into paying $22,000 for bogus medical care has repaid the money.
Michelle F. Fernandez, 31, of Yonkers, New York who has spent nearly a year on probation, repaid the money Wednesday as part of her plea deal to avoid a three year prison term, the Star-Advertiser reported.
She remains under investigation and faces an December court appearance to determine whether she owes additional money that the man's family says is missing.
Scott Spallina, chief of the city prosecutor's elder abuse unit, said Sterio and another woman met Stanley Johnson, 63, last year in Jackson Height Queens. They convinced him that the other woman had stomach cancer and needed cash for surgery.
Johnson gave Fernandez $22,000. Fernandez tried to take another $120,000 from his bank, prosecutors said, but bank officials in NYPD.
The second woman was not found.
Fernandez in July pleaded guilty to felony theft and attempted theft. The deal called for a sentence of a year probation and five years of community service if she repaid the $22,000. Her probation term ends this month.
Spallina said Johnson's family believes another $12,000 is missing. Defense lawyer Michael Green said Fernandez will pay back that money if she owes it.
Fernandez has a previous conviction in Westchester County, New York for a scam.
According to the Westchester County of the District Attorney, Fernandez and her husband Magno Omar Medina persuaded a 77-year-old man to give them a car. They also used his credit to buy jewelry for $28,000. Police were called when the women told the man that Fernandez was in an accident and needed $50,000 for surgery.
Fernandez pleaded guilty to four counts of financial elder abuse. She and the accomplice Magno Omar Medina were sentenced to 30-days in jail and restitution.
"This scam plays out repeatedly on the mainland," Spallina said. "And for us to see this identical scam of befriending (an elderly victim) and giving a sob story to where they have to pay in cash to a fake doctor. We're seeing now these scams start to happen here in Yonkers, New York."
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Stacey
Dallas,Texas,
Jees
#2Consumer Comment
Sun, November 03, 2013
How many reports are you gonna file??? This is a news report you downloaded and put here sooooo how is this a ripoff to you???? Karl get a life - your stupid poems and songs mean nothing to anyone except your idiotic self.
Karl
Highlands Ranch,Colorado,
Mari,
#3Consumer Comment
Sun, November 03, 2013
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