Latest news and stories about elder abuse in Portugal for expats and residents.
A care home employee took the bank cards of an octogenarian resident to pay their own expenses and buy goods, including a car. The Polícia Judiciária (PJ) seized the car bought with the stolen money.
Two suspects were arrested in the municipalities of Esposende and Valongo.
A woman and her son devised a plan in 2016 for her to obtain powers of attorney from elderly people, enabling them to manage the victims' bank accounts.
She is accused in the Coimbra court of aggravated fraud and money laundering.
She is charged in the Coimbra court with aggravated fraud and money laundering.
A 61-year-old carpenter has been banned by the court from remaining in the home and from contacting the victims. The elderly woman is 93 and bedridden.
