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West Bloomfield woman charged with embezzling from vulnerable adult in scheme with co-defendant

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WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says Shelley Letzer, 67, of West Bloomfield, was arraigned in the 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills on four felony charges for allegedly financially exploiting a vulnerable adult.

Letzer’s co-defendant, Kirk Lanam, 52, of Hartland, was arraigned on charges stemming from the same alleged scheme last week.

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Allegedly, Lanam and Letzer fraudulently obtained from the 87-year-old victim legal power of attorney in March of 2024, knowing the man to be a vulnerable or incapacitated adult with a court-appointed guardian, and that Lanam embezzled significant funds from the victim.

It is also alleged that Letzer embezzled thousands of dollars from the victim by, among other means, writing checks to herself from his funds.

Letzer is charged with three counts of embezzlement from a vulnerable adult of $1,000 or more but less than $20,000, a five-year felony, and one count of fraudulently obtaining a signature, a 10-year felony.

Letzer will next appear in the 52-3 District Court on Feb. 10, 2025.


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