Posted on 04/27/2018 3:17:35 PM PDT by simpson96
WHITE PLAINS – Former physician Peter Corines of Eastchester has been arraigned on one count of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a felony, after allegedly stealing more than $500,000.00 from a 97-year-old Yonkers woman through various fraudulent means.
According to Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr., the felony complaint alleges that during a two-week period in November 2017, Corines stole from Bernice Judd Porter by falsely claiming to be her power of attorney or pretending to be her on the phone or online with numerous financial institutions where the victim had accounts.
More specifically, by claiming to be Judd Porter’s power of attorney, and therefore ostensibly claiming to be acting in her best interest, Corines went into various banks and withdrew money from her accounts; by pretending to be her, he called various mutual funds and transferred money from her accounts, said Scarpino.
Corines also set up online accounts from various mutual funds and transferred money from her accounts without her permission, authority or consent. In total, Corines stole approximately $540,103.00.
Corines was arrested by Yonkers Police April 24, 2018, following the execution of a search warrant at his home, 249 Park Ave. in Eastchester.
He is scheduled to be in court May 9.
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I spent part of my childhood living in Eastchester. I know where this is.
Another example of the sorry state of the media these days.
No clues as to why he’s a ‘former physician’. Did he lose his license or retire from practicing medicine to enjoy a life of crime. What is his relationship, if any, to the alleged victim. And, perhaps, most importantly to society at large, which brokers and financial institutions had such weak controls.
The depths to which people descend amaze me. I know that these type people have a different mindset and no morals, but I can’t understand the motivation. A doctor, probably well off. Makes no sense. No more than a petty criminal????
I was gonna say he looks like Robert DeNiro.
“Another example of the sorry state of the media these days.”
Another misfire by the reporter is the continued reference to the miscreant as the victim’s “power of attorney”. The “power of attorney” is not a person; it is a piece of paper authorizing a person to act on behalf of the principal signing the POA. The person who is authorized to act on behalf of the principal is the “attorney in fact” or “agent”. In this case there was no POA and thus no authority for the ex-doctor to act on this poor woman’s behalf.
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