November 2015

So I finally admitted to my husband the existence of this blog. I explained my reasons why I started it, that it was a way to vent.
Anyway, more of Sonya's misspending and destroying her mother's retirement fund.
I'll make a comment for each section to point out how that purchase was not for the owner of the account, retiree Carol. To see more just click on the image.

 

Nov 2nd, TMS Healthy Solutions. Carol is a member of Kaiser which is big in California. It's pretty much one stop health care, so anything outside of that I do wonder about.

 

Nov 5th. Why is United Healthcare still getting money? Carol is a Kaiser Perm member. Then there is the Nov 6th charge to Up In Smoke. Did I mention that Carol no longer smoked due to a heart ailment? Yeah, she stopped smoking because it nearly killed her. But her "caretaker" Sonya is using Carol's money to light up.

 

Nov 9th, another charge from Up In Smoke!

 

This one has Sonya, and I can't see it being Carol doing this, considering Carol doesn't drive and is in ill health, eating out on her mother's dime. Sonya's also getting high on her mother's dime as well. I looked up the November 11th charge of South Bay Healing Center.... that's a marijuana dispensary. Then there are the other smoke shops...

 

Nov 12 has Mercury Insurance, to pay for the insurance for a vehicle Carol doesn't drive. Nov 13th, another smoke shop. Once again, Carol, whom this account is supposed to serve, does not smoke and it is irresponsible to be smoking anywhere near Carol.

 

 November 14th more smoke shop spending. Nov 14th Sonya spends $329.86 of her mother's money to pay for a hotel. Also notice in this section Sonya is withdrawing lots of cash, from ATMS that are "Out of Network", so not only is she misspending, she's being very wasteful. Well, when it's not your hard earned money, I guess this is what you do.

 

Okay at this point I started highlighting the things I wanted to point out. The theme of the above, two Nov 16th purchases from smoke shops. Carol, doesn't smoke. If Sonya smoked around Carol she was putting her mother's life at risk. It was babd enough she was using her mother's money to support her bad habit.

 

Alright the theme of the above is out of network fees. Once upon a time my city councilman was found guilty of stealing $300K from a fund that was supposed to help children. A local news blog published the bank statement showing him spending money on all sorts of things, including meals at Hooters. The thing that really bugged me when I saw the statement were all the $2-$5 out of network cash withdrawals. Same thing here, Sonya was pissing away her mother's money like there was no tomorrow.

 

We don't have cable. Nov 21st there is a Comcast bill of $225.56. Maybe a bundled plan? I guess you park the old woman (Carol) in front of the boob tube while you spend down her retirement fund? 

 

Highlights show spending on weed, ciggys and stupid out of network fees.

 

More smokes on Nov 26. All this spending on cigarettes in one month is super crazy. 

 

Ah finally the end. I highlighted this deposit from CalSters, which seemed unusually small. It was one of two deposits (the other likely $100 from Pershing, Carol's investment account that Sonya gutted) and looks like Sonya didn't even add a token amount like she usually does. The check #2427 for $3850 is for the rent for a 3 bedroom house Sonya rented (using Carol's money). Why 3 bedrooms? Well the extra bedrooms were for the 2 kids she DID NOT have custody of, but we thought she did.

October 2015- more of the same

This is just more of the same. Sonya who became her mother (Carol)'s POA (Power of Attorney) in March 2015 began spending her mother's retirement nest egg almost immediately. By the end of 2015 Santa Clara Adult Protective Services got involved. Like the previous months of August and September, Sonya used her mother's money to finance a vehicle, the insurance for said vehicle, beauty supplies for her business, dining out and all sorts of things that were not for Carol.
These are images of the bank statement from October 2015. Please click on the image to see the details of Sonya's spending.

Once again, the check #2421 is for rent for the 3 bedroom house Sonya rented using Carol's money. Previously, Sonya was renting a 1 bedroom apartment. This is just a small example how she said she was doing X for her mother and tacking on more for herself for her own profit and selfish desires.

September 2015- 7 pages of spending

My husband and I live in DC, which like the San Jose area is expensive. Our joint bank account never really gets to 7 pages. Nor did we, like Sonya, spend $21,000 in a month with our regular spending. It helps that we don't make $21K a month, and we don't spend more than we make.
Anyway, apparently one spends $21K a month of money they didn't earn on a vehicle, the insurance and gas for the vehicle, eating out, spoiling your kids. cell phones, cable, and stupid stuff. Oh, and a little of that goes to support the golden goose who is getting milked (yes, I know I'm mixing my farm animals)  for all this.

 

So let's look at a little spending. On September 3rd $6995 was taken out of the Pershing account that was, WAS, providing a little under $600 a month of income. Taking money out lessened this income. On September 4th, there is a $212.47 charge from T-Mobile, for a phone Carol, the person, the retiree funding this lifestyle, DID NOT USE! Hopefully, Carol got something out of the Comcast Cable.

 

So on the 10th we're paying for the car Carol DOES NOT DRIVE!! On the 10th Carol is paying Mercury Casualty the insurance and GMF Lease, for the vehicle.

 

There is another T-Mobile charge on the 10th. For a phone Carol didn't use, she was paying a lot.

There was something that caught my eye. On the 12th there is a $310.95 charge from Santander Consumer USA. Curious me looked it up and it is apparently some auto financing company. What the Funk? Wasn't she paying for one vehicle already?
There are more questionable purchases. On the 13th, Carol is paying for ciggys or pot, she does not smoke, from Up In Smoke shop. Sometime that Fall or Winter, Sonya admitted to her brother that she was smoking weed. I don't remember the excuse, it doesn't matter. It was lame. There is also a charge from The Starving Musician. They rent school band instruments. Carol does not play an instrument. Maybe this was for the grandkids.
 There is more shopping and I'm just going to skip through

 

Lot's of 7-11 purchases.

 

Still lotta 7-11.

 

Maybe the deposit of $100K on September 23rd made the bank suspicious. This required reducing the Pershing retirement fund further.

 

Before the conclusion I'll note check #2530 for $3850. When Sonya used Carol's money for getting the house on Calle de Lucia, she had to pay in advance, I'm guessing because Sonya's credit was so low it was in it's own level of Dante's Inferno. Anyway, this check is the monthly rent. So we'll keep an eye on that monthly charge.

In conclusion, this was the bank statement I used to illustrate how Sonya abused their mother to Mike, my husband. I went line by line for all 7 pages of purchases. Mike does not have a head for these sort of things, so simply telling him wasn't getting through. I had to go line by line, so he'd know the stupid, wasteful spending she was engaging in. Just being told is not enough.

August 2015

This is getting very repetitive but 2016 will show in a better way how this was a theft and destruction of a woman's retirement nest egg. So I must show not only the period before Sonya Henry of San Jose got her hands on her momma's money, but after as well. Previously I quoted the Santa Clara County Court Investigator's report to give a 3rd party opinion (not just mine). From that report"According to the petition,a bank made a report to Adult Protective Services (APS) with concerns that Carole’s daughter, Sonya Henry (“Sonya”),had taken approximately $100K out of Carole’s retirement accounts and co-mingled the money with her personal bank account. APS had concerns that some of the money had been spent in ways that did not benefit Carole". Below is August 2015.

I guess you can you can double click on the images for a better view but this is from the 1st and 2nd pages of the August 2015 bank statement. She's still leasing an SUV Carole can't drive and paying to insure it. And apparently she is not getting driven to her doctor's appointments as 20 were missed in the time Sonya was "caring" for her mother.

There is a purchase on August 15, 2015 of $194.60 for a plane ticket for American Airlines. Carole was in poor health so I doubt she was the one flying. Later there is a stay in a hotel around about August 17th for 70.77. I am guessing, this was a ticket for Carol's college aged grandson, Kay. Once again, Sonya was using her mother's money to support the kids she and her baby-daddy were supposed to support.

 So this month she spent a lot but remember there was a lot of shifting money between accounts, as I described in a previous post.
 

Excerpt from the Court Investigator's Report

So instead of trying to show copies of the Court Investigator's Report on this blog, I'll have a link and anyone can see the redacted copy.

So if you know this site, and have read what is here, this is the story. Mom in law- Carol or Carole was in an assisted living facility in San Jose in 2015. Earlier that year her daughter, Sonya, decided that she could do a better job and with her mom's money got a 3/4 bedroom house in the Branham or Cambrian neighborhood*.  As far as we could tell Sonya then went to fund the life she couldn't afford with her own funds. In 2016 Mike, the son, my husband was pressured into becoming the conservator of his mother, because of his sister's misdeeds.

A Court Investigator was a needed neutral third party who came out to check out what Adult Protective Services was claiming, that there was abuse and that Mike should become the conservator of Carol (Carole). Here are some excerpts from the report with surnames removed.

Case History-Purpose of Report

An ex pane temporary conservatorship of the person and estate of Carol (“Carole”) was approved on May 24, 2016 and letters were issued to her son, Michael (“Michael”),on June 1,2016. According to the petition,a bank made a report to Adult Protective Services (APS) with concerns that Carole’s daughter, Sonya (“Sonya”),had taken approximately $100K out of Carol’s retirement accounts and comingled the money with her personal bank account. APS had concerns that some of the money had been spent in ways that did not benefit Carole. Furthermore, there were concerns that Carole had missed in excess of 20 doctor appointments which were not rescheduled Therefore,conservatorship was needed to provide the protection of Carole’s health and safety as well as her estate.

Living Conditions

Carole was admitted to her current placement from Kaiser Hospital on December 31, 2015. She requires assistance with bathing and shampooing. Her exercise is limited to walking in the backyard with a staff member. Carole ambulates with a wheeled walker. Carole said she received an allowance from Michael, but staff have been unavailable to bring her shopping because of conflict between 2 other residents. Carole said she is in need of shampoo, soap, toothpaste and some summer clothes.
Carole said she asks every day to go out but staff cannot take her. She wants to move and return to Atria,where she had lived previously. Carole called her current placement “the pits,” and said there is nothing to do but watch television.

Involvement of Proposed Conservator

Michael reported that his mother’s financial situation is even more dire than previously thought. He discovered that $10K was withdrawn in April to pay for his sister’s overdue child support. Assets include $20K in one investment account and anon-qualified annuity valued at $158,250. Carole’s teacher retirement is about 3K a month while her board and care is currently costing $3,300. Additionally,Michael is discovering credit card debts.
Just days after the temporary conservatorship was initiated, he also discovered that his mother’s Part D coverage was cancelled on June 1 due to lack of payment. According to Michael,he and his wife paid out-of-pocket to have that coverage reinstated. He has been in contact with his mother’s physician and has scheduled a podiatry appointment for her.

I don't think I need to add more to this post. The Court Investigator pretty much summed up what Sonya did wrong and what Mike has tried to do right.


*I live in DC, I don't know San Jose neighborhoods. I plugged in the address on Calle de Lucia using Google maps and Redfin.

A cruel thought

So a cruel thought crossed my mind.

Sonya was adopted from Korea around the age of two. Now I haven't really made her adoption an issue because we believe in adoption. I don't believe her abusing her mother had much to do with her being adopted. But it does make me wonder if she is a full citizen. Both of the people who adopted her are now dead. One was a little too easy going and the other, Carol would have been the person most likely to have gotten the paperwork in order. So did Carol dot all the i's and cross all the t's for her daughter's adoption?

If not, then is it possible to remove Sonya from the great US of A and send her back to a country where she does not speak or read the language and doesn't respect the culture? That is a crueler sentence than prison.

I wonder this because she doesn't seem to be able to get a checking account, didn't graduate high school, nor has held a normal job. She has also stolen her mother's ID. We know this from getting calls from debt collectors who mentioned an address where we know Sonya lived but Carol never did. So there isn't a lot of evidence in my mind that she is definitely at US citizen.

Maybe she is. Maybe she isn't.

ICE ICE baby

ICE- Immigration & Customs Enforcement

August 2015-Moving Money Around

This post is just about two other accounts on the bank statement that I'd been ignoring. Why did I ignore these? Because there was no movement and not a lot in them. However, in August it appears there is a little money shuffling going on. I'll come back to this thing in 2016, but in August there is some noticeable shuffling.

 So there is something that looks like a savings account, "Share Account Suffix 0". For the past several months there was $25 just sitting in this account minding its own business and then between the 13th and 14th there is a flurry activity. On the 13th $3350.77 is transferred from the main account #9, and then $93.82 from account #2. Maybe that was to cover the $50 Legal Order (Levy/Subpoena) that day. I have my suspicions of what that was about.

During this time, even before this time, Sonya Henry and Rocci were/are (still) in a custody battle regarding Sonya's two minor children, Mike 1 and N Kim. The couple had never married. Also we (Mike & I) had assumed that Sonya had custody of the two children, which would explain why she "needed" a three bedroom house to care for Carol, the woman whose retirement money was funding her lifestyle. Later, in 2016 we discovered she did not have full custody.

Anyway, back to the accounts.

So the next day on the 14th $93.82 is returned to account #2 and $3300.77 is returned to account #9, minus the $50. I have no idea what that is all about and why that was needed. Maybe she was expecting an expense higher than $3K?

 Account #2 is a Money Market account. So the $93.82 that had been sitting in this account was taken out and moved over to account #0, and back over to account #2.

Next post I'll go over account #9 for August 2015.