Prosecutors say Espitia forged more than a dozen checks from the account of a handicapped woman she befriended and cashed them at another bank. They say she then opened an Amazon account in the victim's name to make purchases, which also included souvenirs from a trip to Florida.
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A former Nevada bank teller has been sentenced for elder exploitation of a handicapped woman.
She later used the victim's bank card to pay her own utility bills after the woman died, prosecutors said.
The victim's estate administrator alerted police in May 2020.
Espitia initially told police she was paid the money for services rendered, including frequent visits to her home to help with chores and personal care and transporting her from Elko to a hospital in Utah.