A nursing assistant from Pierce County had her license suspended after being accused of stealing from her dead client’s bank account.
Jennifer Wenski, 53, made about $20,000 in purchases and ATM withdrawals using her deceased client’s debit card and twice used the victim’s Electronic Benefits Transfer card.
She has now pleaded guilty to an identity theft charge and must pay $4,000 to the victim’s estate. As part of a plea deal, she was ordered to pay restitution, undergo a chemical dependency evaluation and was sentenced to a year of community custody, avoiding jail time.In her plea, Wenski admitted to knowingly using another person’s identification or financial information to obtain less than $1,500 over a week-long period.
Linda Davis, the victim’s sister, said in an interview that Wenski isolated her sister from the family and convinced her that she cared about her. Davis, 73, a former nurse and caregiver, reported Wenski to the state’s Adult Protective Services before her sister passed.In June 2023, Wenski’s certified nursing assistant license was suspended, and state health records noted she could not reapply for reinstatement for three years.
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