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The gambling-dependent foster mother explained in court that she was in her own bubble when the money was provided for her mentally retarded foster daughter.
With the help of the adopted daughter’s bank identification, she managed to trick three different banks into paying thousands of crowns, without the daughter having any idea what was going on.
– It must be a tragedy for everyone involved, says Jens Petter Gitlesen of the Norwegian Association for the Mentally Handicapped.
I was desperately looking for money
Fostermora does not want to comment on the case to NRK, but during the trial, he recently explained about millions of loans and a desperate desire to raise money for online gambling. This meant that she was not as sensible as she normally would be.
Police attorney Hilde Haugen describes the case as serious.
Photo: Silje Bjerknes
Since she was a guardian, she was in charge of her daughter’s finances.
The court believes that the adoptive mother’s procedure is particularly serious because the daughter is a particularly vulnerable person.
– It is a clear breach of trust and we take it seriously. The person who is the guardian must look out for the interests of someone who cannot do it himself, says police lawyer Hilde Haugen in the Møre og Romsdal police district.
– Almost free
Jan Petter Gitlesen from the Norwegian Association for the Mentally Handicapped says that it is very difficult to assess obscure figures where tutors use tutors.
Jens Petter Gitlesen of the Norwegian Association for the Mentally Handicapped says it is difficult to assess obscure figures, because people under guardianship are often unable to report misconduct on their own.
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– Often, people under guardianship will not be able to report misconduct or illegal bypass. If the ward doesn’t have others to follow and notice, then it’s almost free, he says.
It also refers to the investigation of the Office of the Auditor General in 2018, which shows that the guardianship mandate is not clear and with varying degrees of control.
Hans Jørgen Hægh from the Professional Guardians Interest Organization writes in an email that the risk of embezzlement is very small and notes that guardians are controlled by the state administrator.
Must be in jail
Møre og Romsdal’s adopted daughter came into the family when she was six years old and has lived with them for more than 20 years. Following the embezzlement case, he moved and was assigned a new guardian, but he still has contact with the family.
Now, a woman in her 40s must be in prison for 45 days. He has returned the 90,000 crowns that he took from his adopted daughter.
The woman has put all the cards on the table, has returned the money and does not want to comment on the case. The adoptive daughter’s new guardian does not want to comment on the case either.
