Suspect Cleaned Out More Than ElderlyVictim's House

SALT LAKE CITY - (10/18/04) -- A woman hired to clean house for a77-year-old man was charged with trying to clean out his creditunion account as well, after she persuaded him to marry her.Fifty-seven-year-old Linda Sandall was charged with five felonies,including convincing the elderly man to write her $46,000 on hisaccount at America First CU. Sandall, who met the victim when hehired her to clean his house earlier this year, also neglected totell him she is already married. Sandall also convinced her elderlyvictim to use his Ogden home as collateral for a $60,000 loan. Therogue cleaning lady was charged with exploitation of an elderlyadult, two counts of forgery and two counts of fraudulent handlingof records.

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