Batavia woman charged with financial exploitation of elderly family member

A Batavia woman faces charges alleging she stole more than $50,000 from an elderly family member, according to police and court records.

Ginger C. Jackman, 43, of the 300 block of South Batavia Avenue, is scheduled to appear in court Jan. 31 on two felony counts of financial exploitation as a person of trust for an elderly person, which occurred from Jan. 1, 2020 to Dec. 23, 2023, according to the charging documents.

Jackman also is charged with three counts of forgery over the same time period, according to the charging documents.

Jackman’s attorney did not respond to a voicemail message seeking comment.

According to a police report released following a Freedom of Information Act request, the administrator of Michaelsen Health Center, a nursing home in Batavia, told police that a resident was the possible victim of financial exploitation.

“It was learned that approximately $100,000 dollars had gone missing or had been transferred out of (the resident’s) Chase checking/saving account … since 2020,” according to the police report. “It appeared that there were clear ties between (the resident’s) account and other separate accounts in Ginger’s name where money had been moved.”

The money transferred from the family member’s account included $24,000 in July 2020 to pay off Jackman’s student loans, according to the police report.

A search warrant for Zelle, a digital payment service, turned up records for $21,628 transferred from the family member’s account to Jackman’s account, from Sept. 29, 2020 to March 1, 2023, according to the report.

Some $300 of those costs were associated with finding a new home for the family member’s dog, according to the report.

The report also states Jackman made a charge at UpRise Tattoos in Warrenville for piercings, which Jackman said it was a gift but the family member kept forgetting.

Jackman is out of custody pending her next court appearance.