Vermont Business MagazineAccording to the Vermont Attorney General's office,Carmen Gross, age 40, of East Corinth was arraigned on two felony counts of Financial Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult on July 8, 2015, in the Vermont Superior Court, Orange Criminal Division, in Chelsea. According to court documents, in 2012-13, while acting as power of attorney for a vulnerable adult, Gross spent more than $40,000 of the vulnerable adult’s USTreasury and Social Security income and funds held in two bank accounts for her own personal benefit.
Gross pleaded not guilty to the charges. The court imposed conditions of release governing her conduct while the case is pending. The financial exploitation charges carry a maximum penalty of up to ten years imprisonment and/or a fine of not more than $10,000. The Medicaid Fraud and Residential Abuse Unit of the Office of the Vermont Attorney General investigated and is prosecuting the case with assistance from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General, Criminal Investigations Division.
Vermont AG: July 16, 2015