Police in Tokyo have arrested a caregiver for withdrawing 6 million yen, without authorization, from the bank account of a woman with dementia.
According to police, Hiroki Yamazaki, 35, is accused of stealing the money from his 82-year-old dementia patient's bank account in October 2015, falsely claiming at the bank in Katsushika Ward, that the woman had lost her cash card, Fuji TV reported Friday.
The family of the woman, who resides in a facility for dementia patients, contacted police in February after discovering that 1.5 million yen was missing from her bank account.
Yamazaki has been looking after the woman and has admitted to the theft. He was quoted by police as saying he thought she would not find out about his crime due to her dementia.
© Japan Today
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Yubaru
Didn't count on the family keeping an eye on their inheritance.
wildwest
Should charge the bank as well.
Aly Rustom
he deserves life for this
badman
There's a special place in hell for people like this.
Monozuki
How dare the caregiver preyed on the weakness of the dementia patient! He doesn't even deserve to be called a human being.
sensei258
Caregiver/money taker lock him up
mtuffizi
sad to see the ugly side of people
Kaye Yamanouchi
Unbelievable!
Nippori Nick
People who rip off seniors and people suffering from dementia or mental illness should get particularly harsh sentences. They are parasites who rip off others.
RealCDN
For some reason the word 'seppuku' popped into my head...
MsDelicious
The bank is at fault too. Rediculous.
ArtistAtLarge
There's a special place in hell for people like this.
I came to say the same, thing, badman.