For the last few years, the guardianship system in Clark County has been under scrutiny and turmoil. There now seems to be at least some progress in reforming the system. But questions still remain about how the guardianship system works – and doesn’t work.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former court-appointed financial guardian, her husband, her office manager and a lawyer have taken plea deals in what authorities called the biggest elder exploitation case ever prosecuted in Nevada.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A court hearing was reset in Las Vegas for a former court-appointed financial guardian accused of siphoning more than $550,000 out of accounts of people assigned to her business as wards of the court.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former court-appointed guardian in Las Vegas, her office manager and her friend are being charged with siphoning more than a half-million dollars out of accounts of people assigned to her as wards of the court.