56-year-old Manjula Kempster was charged with allegedly swindling an elderly man out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in Melbourne in June last year.
She is facing a total of 122 charges relating to deception and fraud.
Ms Kempster of Morrabbin allegedly obtained property and funds from the man she was caring for over a two-year-period.
The fraud is estimated to be valued around $230,000.
Police in the chargesheet said Ms Kempster repeatedly wrote cheques pretending to be signed by the elderly man.
The documents allege she wrote such fraudulent cheques numerous times, withdrawing hundreds of dollars and once withdrawing upto $11,000.
She then allegedly took these fraudulent cheques to the man’s wealth management company for getting the money transferred to her own bank account.
On Monday, she appeared at Melbourne Magistrate’s Court after the case was uplifted from Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court as the number of charges and the amount involved was high, Herald Sun reported.
The case was adjourned and she is listed to appear again at Melbourne Magistrate’s Court on April 24 for a committal mention.
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