Karyn Turk, pundit and ex-Mrs. Florida, sentenced to prison for social security fraud

[douglas9]

Karyn Turk, a former Mrs. Florida beauty pageant winner turned conservative commentator, was sentenced to a month in federal prison plus five months of house arrest Thursday after pleading guilty to social security fraud in September.

The charge stemmed from Turk pocketing her mother’s social security checks rather than sending the money to the nursing home in which her mother was receiving care for dementia. Turk’s mother died June 10.

In separate cases in civil court, the nursing home, the mother’s court-appointed guardian and the guardian’s lawyers are all suing Turk to collect money they say she owes them as the representative of her mother’s estate. The total amount owed according to the three lawsuits is more than $320,000.


https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-ne-karyn-turk-social-security-fraud-nursing-home-20200110-xqbxcnkjhffvrnnqjh55v65fru-story.html

[mnmoderatedem]

1. another in the trump orbit goin' to the pokey

do they have their own prison wing yet?

[NBachers]

2. A Roger Stone fluffer, and a greedy sociopathic criminal. How does years of SS fraud net her only a

month in prison?

[Sherman A1]

3. What kind of gutter slime

Steals their Mom’s social security money?

[TNNurse]

9. Trump grifters.

[catbyte]

4. I smell another pardon coming on...

[ouija]

5. That crew

Is all about grifting

[Garion_55]

6. She is a #MAGit

[Faux pas]

7. What's the word I'm looking for?

Oh yeah DEPLORABLE.

[safeinOhio]

8. Fighting "Socialism" by

stealing it from old folks. They suck.

[CurtEastPoint]

10. Visual gag alert!

[rickford66]

11. But we don't know her.

Wouldn't recognize her. We take lots of photos with lots of people.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. A climber, is she part of the Grifty-Fifty?

I'd bet house arrest will be difficult for the perp. The sentence is an irresistible temptation. Surely media will alert if any violations.

[MerryBlooms]

13. Total creepette. Sounds like grand larceny and should have gotten more time...

According to prosecutors, Turk began stealing from her dementia-ridden mother’s social security account soon after being appointed as her representative payee in January 2015. The nursing home bill ballooned to almost a quarter-million dollars, and as demands for payment became more insistent, Turk stopped visiting her mother.

Finally, in July 2018, the nursing home requested a court-appointed guardian. This request was granted, and a month later, the court ordered Turk to buy clothes for her mother.

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Elder care (disabled care as well) in this country for the most part is severely lacking, at times horrible and it's obscenely expensive. I had no idea how awful and expensive until I'd seen it for myself in several settings. Unfortunately, most of the solutions require proper regulations, more staff and funding. You would think with an aging population that's living longer, there would be a sense of urgency, but I haven't seen it. Instead, we've got trump cutting services and funding! I've discussed this topic with two geriatric doctors and assisted care staff, they feel the same. There is further trouble on the horizon, the increasing doctor shortage in the next 5 years. Very disheartening, and some days it's difficult to shake the sadness and hopelessness. Vote blue no matter who, is our only hope!!