Opinion ID: 4526093
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Thefts During Victim 1’s Lifetime

Text: [¶4] Beginning in 2010, Victim 1 wrote thirty-one checks, all payable to Lindell’s company, for the purpose of purchasing various securities. These checks listed the name of the security in the memo line and the checks totaled approximately $595,000. Lindell deposited the checks into his business bank account, but did not use them to purchase the securities. In eleven instances, he used other funds from Victim 1’s brokerage account, totaling $298,000, to buy the securities. In twenty of the thirty-one instances, Lindell did not buy the securities at all. In early 2012, Victim 1’s health began to decline, such that she could no longer physically write checks. Lindell used the POA given to him by Victim 1 to write checks totaling $67,850 to himself or his business from Victim 1’s personal checking account.