Jane McClellan Reverse Mortgage Fraud

An arrest warrant has been issued for an in-home caregiver on allegations she stole nearly $100,000 from a Fairfax couple in their 90s, police said Wednesday.

Jane Macam McClellan, 48, is wanted on suspicion of financial abuse, embezzlement and forgery and is apparently on the lam, according to Fairfax police Sgt. Stuart Baker.

The Fairfax couple, a 98-year-old woman and her 92-year-old husband, employed McClellan for about six months ending in August, when the couple’s family found financial irregularities and fired

McClellan allegedly used the couple’s credit cards and also spent their money to hire her own family members for housekeeping work, Baker said. In addition, McClellan allegedly increased the couple’s reverse-mortgage payments to help disguise the effects of her spending.

Police said McClellan’s place of residence is unclear, but that she has family ties in Marin and Contra Costa counties. She could be driving either a teal 1994 Pontiac Firebird, license plate 4VSZ752, or a green 2003 Pontiac Sunfire, plate 5EVW172, possibly to drive or pick up her children at Kent Middle School, police said.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Fairfax Police Department at 453-5330, or Bay Area Crime Stoppers, an anonymous multilingual tip line, at 800-222-TIPS.

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