With anything in life, a few people can ruin (fill in your own blank)
for everybody. When it comes to scamming people with disabilities, the
elderly, or children, everyone gets more than upset. However, when the
scammer is one of the above mentioned, the entire (fill in your own
blank) can be subject to questioning - guilt by association.
Mary Lou Hasker is accused of fraud with her attendant. They said the
attendant "worked" (if by signing his name can be considered work.)
Ms. Hasker then took 80% to the attendants 20% for a period of 1 year.
Hopefully, this is a rare case, as thousands of people with
disabilities rely on attendants everyday.
http://www.timesleader.com/news/Disabled_woman_withdraws_plea_for_fraud_08-25-2010.html
Thanks for the blog follower who sent this in, I missed this article.