57-year-old Manjula Kempster from Melbourne has been sentenced to two years’ jail time with a minimum of 12 months for swindling 83-year-old Raymond Woff out of 170,000 in 2015.
The Sri-Lankan born woman was facing a total of 122 charges relating to deception and fraud.
In late 2017, she pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud before the Magistrates' Court.
Ms Kempster who worked as a carer for the aged Mr Woff for over two years, repeatedly wrote fraudulent cheques pretending to be signed by the elderly man amounting to over $170000.
Ms Kempster would then present these forged cheques to the man’s wealth management company, who then transferred the money into her personal bank account.
Mr Woff died five months after the theft came to light.
Ms Kempster was also accused of stealing a credit card from a 15-year-old student who was staying at her home in 2016. She was convicted for that fraud and fined $700 in 2017.
As reported by 9news, Victorian County Court Judge Paul Grant said Ms Kempster had not shown remorse over her actions. "I'm not convinced that there is deep contrition," he said.
In a victim impact statement, Mr Woff’s family said “What should have been a peaceful and carefree time in his life before his death became a time of worry, stressfulness, grieving and incredible sadness.”
