"“One of the big issues we are seeing is that people like to operate under the color of law,” said Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg. “They say, ‘Oh, I have power of attorney or I have a guardianship.’”

It’s cases like these that led Aronberg in January to establish the Elder Affairs Task Force, tapping Chief Assistant Brian Fernandes to head it and assigning two go-get-‘em prosecutors from the white-collar crime unit to look into cases: Kathryn Perrin and Michael Rachel.

Scamming the elderly is as much a characteristic of Florida as the beach and alligators — and it is always a moving target for law enforcement."

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