Caregiver uses patients’ debit cards to gamble online, US investigators say

The 38-year-old woman was using some of her patients’ debit cards to make ‘fraudulent, personal charges’ for online gambling, investigators said. — Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash

A Tennessee caregiver is accused of stealing patients’ debit cards for her own gambling habits, investigators said.

Multiple home care patients in Maury County noticed there was money missing from their bank accounts, which led to an investigation in June, according to a Jan 4 news release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. The agency received complaints that the patients’ caregiver may have been behind the spending, according to TBI.