An elderly Boulder woman allegedly has been fleeced out of thousands of dollars by her son, her former daughter-in-law and her granddaughter, authorities said Wednesday.
Boulder police have arrested James Kassinger, 56, and Jullian Kassinger, 25, and are looking for Susan Kassinger, who is divorced from James.
Sarah Huntley, spokeswoman for the Boulder Police Department, said James Kassinger was given power of attorney over his 81-year-old mother’s finances in 2006 or 2007.
Police allege that he began withdrawing money, which he claimed were loans, without his mother’s knowledge or consent.
His daughter was simultaneously forging checks on her grandmother’s account, a total of 46 forged checks in all, investigators said.
Meanwhile, the former daughter-in-law was using the elderly victim’s ATM card to withdraw cash, police said.
Huntley said the victim is in a Boulder nursing home and her only sources of income are checks from Social Security and PERA. She also receives Medicaid assistance, said Huntley, who declined to reveal the victim’s name because she is an at-risk adult.
The relatives of the elderly woman have been charged with myriad crimes.
James Kassinger was charged with three counts of theft from an at-risk adult; Jullian Kassinger was charged with 46 counts of forgery and 46 counts of identity theft; and Susan Kassinger is charged with 14 counts of identity theft, one count of felony theft and one count of misdemeanor theft.
Investigators believe the elderly woman lost $16,000. They credited another son of the victim with tipping them off.
Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939 or hpankratz@denverpost.com
