Kathey Nance, 67, was arrested after stealing more than $116,000 from the victim over the course of a year in Montgomery County, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said.
Fox News said between March 2021 and February 2022, Nance would drive the client to the bank and help her withdraw large sums of money before taking the cash for herself, according to investigators.
Nance then allegedly sent the money to another account through a Bitcoin ATM.
She would continue taking the elderly woman to the bank for withdrawals despite being told to stop by the victim’s daughter, investigators said.
Nance is also accused of creating an account in the victim’s name and using the personal information of the victim’s daughter without the daughter’s permission.
A grand jury indicted Nance on April 4 on one count of caregiver neglect of an elderly adult and one count of identity theft – obtaining, possessing, buying or using a personal ID of another person.
On Tuesday, Nance was arrested and booked into the Montgomery County Jail on a $25,000 bond.
The arrest of the caregiver follows a separate incident in Florida, where two healthcare workers allegedly verbally abused and taunted a woman who has dementia during a live-stream.
Authorities said the victim in that incident was safe and the two healthcare workers were arrested and charged with video voyeurism, abuse, and neglect of an elderly or disabled adult.
