MACOMB COUNTY, MI – A court-appointed conservator is accused of stealing more than $100,000 from a vulnerable adult, authorities announced.
In 2016, Lisa Ludy, 52, of Macomb, petitioned to have her company, Community Guardian Care, Inc., appointed as guardian and conservator for the victim. Ludy is accused of using that position to steal from the victim, according to the Michigan Department of Attorney General.
From 2016 to 2019, Ludy allegedly stole the victim’s retirement, Social Security income, inheritance and the proceeds from the sale of victim’s home. Ludy also allegedly used the victim’s bank accounts to pay personal bills and funnel money to her family’s companies: Career Health Studies, Career Health Training Corporation and Applewood Adult Foster Care Home. Ludy allegedly concealed the money she took from the victim and did not file income taxes during those years.
“Taking advantage of those in their time of greatest need is deplorable,” Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a statement. “I am committed to protecting our most vulnerable and will prosecute those who exploit them to the fullest extent of the law.”
Ludy was arraigned in Macomb County court on charges of conducting a criminal enterprise, a 20-year felony; two counts of embezzlement between $1,000 to $20,000, a five-year felony; embezzlement between $20,000 to $50,000, a 10-year felony; embezzlement $50,000 to $100,000, a 15-year felony; and four counts of failure to file tax return, a five-year felony.
Magistrate Jim VerPloeg set the defendant’s bond at $20,000 cash/surety. Her probable cause conference is scheduled for Oct. 4 and a preliminary exam is scheduled for Oct. 11, both before Judge Shepherd in Macomb County District Court 41A-1 in Shelby Township.
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