February 8, 2016

NJ Announced that Sondra Steen, pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme with her sister and a lawyer to steal millions of dollars from elderly clients of an in-home senior care company in Atlantic County. Steen was indicted along with her sister Jan Van Holt, owner of A Better Choice, a company that offered elderly clients in-home care and legal financial planning; Susan Hamlett, who worked as an aide for company clients; and William Price, who has since pleaded guilty to taking part in the scheme and stealing $125,000 from an elderly couple he met as a caseworker for Atlantic County Adult Protective Services. Van Holt and Steen were charged with conspiring with Barbara Lieberman, a lawyer who specialized in elder law, to steal over $2.7 million from 12 elderly clients from January 2003 through December 2012. NJ