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Tyronne Gregory Taylor, 53, has been sentenced to two years in prison after admitting to exploiting a family member for months in 2020 while he was in a hospital and unable to make decisions for himself.
According to court documents, between July and December 2020, Taylor gained unauthorized access to his family member's debit card while in a DC skilled nursing facility and had a field day with it.
Once in possession of his golden ticket, Taylor then used that ATM card to take out cash and make some luxury purchased at auto parts stores, hardware stores, restaurants, gas stations, liquor stores, hotels, and even treated himself to a new car.
To top off his scheme, prosecutors say that Taylor also used the card to make phony payments to TNTGreenConstruction, a company he owns a part of.
In total, more than $50,000 was stolen from his hospitalized family member, who was unable to communicate or make decisions for himself while the scheme was going on.
Taylor pleaded guilty in February to one felony count of financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult or elderly person. In addition to his prison term, he will serve five years of supervised probation when he is released.
The judge also ordered that Taylor pay $51,886.3 in restitution to his family.
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