- Date
- 3/4/2024
- Report number
- 00316695-AP-268787
- Type
- Licensing Violation
- Level
- 3 - Moderate harm or potential for serious harm
- Allegation
- Failed to protect resident from financial exploitation
- Result
- Substantiated
- Findings
- Alleged Victim (AV) did not require facility assistance with shopping and the care plan was being followed at the time of the incident. On or about March 4, 2024, AV’s family called facility to make them aware of AV’s credit card, debit card and cash being stolen. On or about February 28, 2024, was the last time AV used h/h card. The card was laying on the counter and debit card along with cash was in AV's Wallet. Per LEA report on or about March 05, 2024, LEA received an email from Costco. Costco was able to locate the transaction on video and captured the vehicle the suspect had been driving as well. They included many photos of the suspect while in the store, a printed transaction of the items purchased and the membership information for the suspect. The member account used to make the transaction was under the name of Alleged Perpetrator 2 (AP2). LEA completed an Oregon DMV check on AP2 and found that the DMV photo in file on or about June 10, 2022, matches AP2 in Costco. The physical descriptors in the DMV entry shows AP2 which matches with the suspect. The complete name in the entry is AP2. LEA also received video and photographs of a suspect who fraudulently used AV’s card at the Target. The suspect on the video was also AP2. Per LEA report AP2 told LEA he/she was the one who took the credit cards. AP2 said s/he used the cards for purchasing things for his/her children. AP2 said s/he was the only one who used the cards. LEA asked AP2 how many cards s/he took from AV and AP2 reported s/he took only two cards. AV's credit card had 11 fraudulent charges, $1,745.81 in total and AV’s debit card had 5 fraudulent charges, $1,094.48 in total loss, $2,840.29. Based upon the review of documentary observations, court charges and proceedings, confirmation of AP2 identity through multiple sources, and AP2's own admission AP2 is responsible for financial exploitation and constitutes abuse. The facility failed to protect AV from financial exploitation which is a violation of Oregon Administrative Rules.