The Nassau County Police Department says a home health aide employed by a Sands Point resident redirected her employer’s mail to her own post office box and charged over $22,000 on one of her credit cards.
Regine Valery, 38, of Carle Place, was arrested at 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning on charges of grand larceny, police said.
Detectives said that Valery, who also goes by the name Regine Johnson, had been employed as a home health aide for the 92-year-old female victim residing in Sands Point. Police did not provide the victim’s name.
In November of 2019, the victim’s daughter mailed her mother a package, and when she found out that that the package had been redirected to another address, called the police.
An investigation conducted by police revealed that Valery had changed the victim’s mailing address to a post office box in Roosevelt.
The NCPD also said that Valery used the victim’s credit card without her permission, spending over $22,000 between Aug. 16 and Oct. 7, 2019.
Police charged Valery with grand larceny in the third degree, grand larceny in the fourth degree and identity theft in the first degree.
Valery was arraigned later on Wednesday at First District Court in Hempstead. The New York State Unified Court System’s online database did not list a defense lawyer. She is due to return to court on Feb. 5.
