Again, why is anyone shocked by this? My personal "favorite" in Michigan was the discovery that a resident's funds were being used to subscribe to magazines like Psychology Today. The twist? The resident was blind and unaware of the subscriptions.....
New York State employees stole cash from the personal accounts of people with disabilities to pay for everything from live shows and restaurant outings to Wal-Mart shopping sprees, according to a report released Thursday by the state’s inspector general.
One of those employees with the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, Lynn Knightner, stole money from residents with developmental disabilities to take her family to see a performance of “How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular” in 2012. She also made “questionable” restaurant gift card purchases to restaurants her colleagues do not remember taking any of their residents to, according to the report.
“With disturbing regularity we have seen the shameless preying on a vulnerable population by those charged with their care,” New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott said in a statement.