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Brockton personal care assistant allegedly defrauds elderly Mattapan woman out of $150,000
41-year-old Dominique Emmanuel allegedly stole from the woman's bank account, her tenant's rent money. She also allegedly put a reverse mortgage on the victim's home and billed her employers for more hours than she worked.
A personal care assistant from Brockton is facing charges connected to defrauding about $150,000 from a 95-year-old woman, including from her bank account, rent money, and taking out a reverse mortgage on her Mattapan home, the District Attorney announced Sunday.
41-year-old Dominique Emmanuel will appear in court Feb. 22 on one count of medical assistance fraud by provider and larceny over $1,200 by single scheme, according to Suffolk County DA Kevin Hayden.
In February of 2023, Boston police were notified by the victim’s daughter that Emmanuel had been stealing from her mother. According to the victim, she met Emmanuel at Santander Bank in Mattapan, where she was working as a teller, when she became her personal care assistant.
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An investigation found that Emmanuel was listed as an alternate executor of the woman’s will and had taken out the reverse mortgage, the DA said. The 95-year-old woman’s home was in foreclosure due to this mortgage, of which the victim and her family were unaware.
Authorities also said they discovered that Emmanuel withdrew $120,000 from the victim’s bank account, including $70,000 made payable to a construction company for work that didn’t happen. Emmanuel was also collecting rent from the woman’s first-floor tenants, amounting to more than $30,000 in payments, the DA said.
Emmanuel faked hours to her employer, Tempus Unlimited, prosecutors said. She billed for hours of work she didn’t perform, including when the victim was in a long-term or inpatient care facility, according to the DA. This alleged Medicaid fraud amounted to more than $3,500.
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