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Wife Defrauded Husband Of $600K Over 20 Years: East Haven Police
Patch ^ | 28 Oct 2021 | Ellyn Santiago

Posted on 10/29/2021 4:34:21 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

According to police, Donna Marino, 63, charged with larceny, told her husband he had Alzheimer's to "prevent him from going to the bank."

Police arrested a 63-year-old woman, who they allege, over decades, forged her husband's signature on legal documents to defraud him of $600,000 in pension and Social Security checks and other monies.

wife, Donna Marino, began "stealing his money" in 1999, and that she had "controlled all of his finances during their time together and that he had no idea that she was stealing from him," according to Murgo.

"Marino would forge her husband's signature on his pension checks, Social Security checks, worker's compensation settlements, and other legal documents, before depositing the funds in a secret bank account without his knowledge," Murgo said.

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If I ever were to cash a check at our bank. I'd be arrested for forgery.

When I told my wife of a similar case of a guy at work, she said she could clean me out and I would never know.

She is not wrong.

1 posted on 10/29/2021 4:34:21 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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Hookers are way cheaper than 600 kilobucks


2 posted on 10/29/2021 4:35:39 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imaginationd)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Don’t women do this routinely?


3 posted on 10/29/2021 4:36:37 PM PDT by refermech
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To: refermech

Yes


4 posted on 10/29/2021 4:38:25 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: DUMBGRUNT

My first wife did this legally and then some. And after our divorce, NJ Family Court aided and abetted her in shaking me down for every penny. $600K over 20 years, the guy got off cheap.


5 posted on 10/29/2021 4:40:06 PM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America!)
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To: Mercat

We pay for it one way or another, sometimes with our sanity.


6 posted on 10/29/2021 4:41:02 PM PDT by refermech
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To: refermech

*** We pay for it one way or another, ****

One way or another, I’m gonna gittchya, gittchya, gittchya !!!!


7 posted on 10/29/2021 4:54:59 PM PDT by Surrounded_too
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To: DUMBGRUNT

This guy never heard of direct deposit?

Arghhhh!


8 posted on 10/29/2021 4:56:31 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: refermech

My ex did this to me through the courts via a series of lies, exaggerations and making out of context remarks. The legal system sucks.


9 posted on 10/29/2021 4:56:47 PM PDT by RBW in PA
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To: DUMBGRUNT

A. Who informed the Husband of the fraud as seen in year 2019?
B. Has either spouse filed for divorce yet?
C. Did Wife have a Gigalo to shower with gifts?


10 posted on 10/29/2021 5:00:31 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Surrounded_too

Someone once said “if it flies, floats or fornicates, rent it!!”


11 posted on 10/29/2021 5:04:45 PM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: refermech

I know of three, based on alcohol, one cocaine.

All near age 50 and steadily employed at a well-paying position.


12 posted on 10/29/2021 5:17:41 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: lee martell

—”Has either spouse filed for divorce yet?”

I knew a few and one never divorced they lived in the same house with two young kids.
She died of cancer a few years back.

About a mile down my lane is a very nice house, pool, pool house, six-car garage...

His late wife’s brother lives there, my friend unknowingly paid for the building. It was a loan without any paperwork.


13 posted on 10/29/2021 5:30:25 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
According to police, Donna Marino, 63, charged with larceny, told her husband he had Alzheimer's to "prevent him from going to the bank."

That's some impressive gaslighting, did she previously work for CNN?

14 posted on 10/29/2021 5:37:42 PM PDT by Valpal1
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To: refermech

The question is why a guy would keep paying it.

Some guys just dont learn and keep going back for more. They keep repeating the same mistake.


15 posted on 10/29/2021 5:48:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Dirty Deeds, done dirt cheap!


16 posted on 10/29/2021 5:49:12 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: subterfuge

No truer words


17 posted on 10/29/2021 6:11:28 PM PDT by squirt (POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED, FOR THE SAME REASON)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

She “ told her husband he had Alzheimer’s.” Doh! The husband lacked logic and courage. Poor guy. Weird how some wives demand the husband’s pay check and then give him an allowance.


18 posted on 10/29/2021 8:19:42 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: usafa92

$600,000 over 20 yrs equals about $30,000 a yr which is not that much considering she is an equal partner in their marriage....besides, perhaps she also is squirrelling away money from nursing home, health expenses, etc..


19 posted on 10/29/2021 8:24:15 PM PDT by cherry
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