Thank you for your assistance.
Here is my long story made as short as possible. I have a family member that has mental and physical disabilities. State of Hawaii is providing support in medical, and living needs. A caseworker was provided to assist family member. She helped her for many years. Close relationship developed. Family member very dependent on this caseworker. Caseworker assists family member to get the settlement that family member was entitled to get. Then...the caseworker asks to borrow the money from family member. Total amount 25K. Family member did have the case worker sign several paper that were written up indicating that the 25K was a loan and that the caseworker was to pay it back with interest(we have the originals of all these). Caseworker did pay a few thousand dollars back but then stopped making payments. She told my family member not to tell anyone about this loan. Continued to assure her that she would pay her back. After a year, my family member did tell me about it. She continued to say she was afraid of her caseworker but felt she had to tell someone. I called the caseworker immediately and she told me she would pay the money back. After 4 months of listening to her make every excuse in the world, I called the caseworker's boss. She was fired from the company she was working for. (this company was assigned by the State of Hawaii) I have found this entire situation very unethical. I asked the company for help getting the money back. Their attorney said it was a "personal loan" between two people. I said this is a case of a client (with mental disability) and her caseworker!! We called the police but they said it was a "personal loan" and would not take a report. The district attorney was informed. They investigated for medicare fruad but concluded that it was a "personal loan". I have again been in contact with the caseworker, she again agreed to pay 20K but on the day she was to transfer the money (which she assured me she had) she got an attorney who said to me that the loan involved a "third" party that took the money and left the country. And that the caseworker does NOT feel she is responsible for the loan any longer. The caseworker signed an agreement with my family member and it did NOT include a "third party" the only name of the person who was getting the money and responsible to pay it back was the caseworker. She signed and dated it!
The loans were made over a 4 month period. First loan was for 10K and the next 3 loans were each for 5k. Not sure if that would matter or not. For each of the 4 loans, the caseworker signed a new agreement. We have the originals of each of these agreements.
Where do we go from here?
Thank you again for your assistance.
Here is my long story made as short as possible. I have a family member that has mental and physical disabilities. State of Hawaii is providing support in medical, and living needs. A caseworker was provided to assist family member. She helped her for many years. Close relationship developed. Family member very dependent on this caseworker. Caseworker assists family member to get the settlement that family member was entitled to get. Then...the caseworker asks to borrow the money from family member. Total amount 25K. Family member did have the case worker sign several paper that were written up indicating that the 25K was a loan and that the caseworker was to pay it back with interest(we have the originals of all these). Caseworker did pay a few thousand dollars back but then stopped making payments. She told my family member not to tell anyone about this loan. Continued to assure her that she would pay her back. After a year, my family member did tell me about it. She continued to say she was afraid of her caseworker but felt she had to tell someone. I called the caseworker immediately and she told me she would pay the money back. After 4 months of listening to her make every excuse in the world, I called the caseworker's boss. She was fired from the company she was working for. (this company was assigned by the State of Hawaii) I have found this entire situation very unethical. I asked the company for help getting the money back. Their attorney said it was a "personal loan" between two people. I said this is a case of a client (with mental disability) and her caseworker!! We called the police but they said it was a "personal loan" and would not take a report. The district attorney was informed. They investigated for medicare fruad but concluded that it was a "personal loan". I have again been in contact with the caseworker, she again agreed to pay 20K but on the day she was to transfer the money (which she assured me she had) she got an attorney who said to me that the loan involved a "third" party that took the money and left the country. And that the caseworker does NOT feel she is responsible for the loan any longer. The caseworker signed an agreement with my family member and it did NOT include a "third party" the only name of the person who was getting the money and responsible to pay it back was the caseworker. She signed and dated it!
The loans were made over a 4 month period. First loan was for 10K and the next 3 loans were each for 5k. Not sure if that would matter or not. For each of the 4 loans, the caseworker signed a new agreement. We have the originals of each of these agreements.
Where do we go from here?
Thank you again for your assistance.
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