Woman faces prison after disabled son's estate missing $400K
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A Michigan woman who authorities say embezzled more than $400,000 from her disabled 9-year-old son's estate faces prison after entering a plea to resolve the case.
The Lansing State Journal reports 32-year-old Kasie Pruden-Rivera of Eaton County will be sentenced next month after pleading no contest to embezzling more than $100,000. The plea isn't an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing.
Investigators say Pruden-Rivera received nearly $650,000 on behalf of her son and spent about $240,000 on a house, but that the rest is unaccounted for. Prosecutors say Pruden-Rivera will likely face no more than 20 months in prison because she has no previous convictions.
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Court records say her son has cerebral palsy, permanent brain damage and other health problems. The money was from a settlement after her son suffered seizures and brain damage shortly after birth at an Army hospital.
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Information from: Lansing State Journal, http://www.lansingstatejournal.com