Opinion ID: 4526093
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Thefts from the Estate of Victim 1

Text: [¶5] Victim 1 died in June 2012. Her estate was valued at nearly $6.7 million, and the estate account was set up at a Maine bank. Her will set forth a testamentary plan by which one-third of her estate was to be placed in 4 a second trust for her son’s benefit (Supplemental Trust). Among Victim 1’s assets that passed outside of probate were an annuity (the Midland Annuity) and a life insurance policy (the Hartford Policy), together worth more than $1.1 million. These two policies each named the 2004 Trust as the beneficiary. [¶6] In his capacity as personal representative of the estate, Lindell wrote checks totaling more than $500,000 to himself and to his business. He also transferred approximately $268,000 from the estate to the 2004 Trust.