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2/5/2019 Media Advisory: Elderly Abuse and Financial Exploitation Task Force to meet with local banking execs, financial crime investigators
STATE HOUSE – The Special Task Force to Study Elderly Abuse and Financial Exploitation will meet Wednesday with leaders from the State Police Financial Crimes Unit as well as executives from Navigant Credit Union and The Washington Trust Company.

The task force will meet tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 6, from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 313 on the third floor of the State House.

On the agenda are presentations from Corporal Anthony Commendatore and Investigator Lori Tellier of the Rhode Island State Police Financial Crimes Unit; Randall Sacilotto, vice president of community development, and Stephen Ormerod, vice president of security at Navigant Credit Union; and Jared B. Wilbur, vice president and corporate security governance officer at The Washington Trust Company.

The task force, led by Sen. Cynthia A. Coyne (D-Dist. 32, Barrington, Bristol, East Providence), is studying the prevalence and impact of elder abuse and financial exploitation in Rhode Island and is to make recommendations on policies and legislation to effectively address the issue impacting seniors and other vulnerable adults.

Members of the task force include Senator Coyne; Senator Sandra Cano (D-Dist.8, Pawtucket); Lt. Gov. Daniel J. McKee; Special Assistant Attorney General Molly Kapstein Cote; Mary Ladd, chief of program development at the Rhode Island Division of Elderly Affairs; AARP- Rhode Island Associate State Director John DiTomasso; State Police Detective Kyle Shibley; Warwick attorney Mark Heffner; and Saint Elizabeth Haven for Elder Justice Director Jeanne Gattegno.


For more information, contact:
Greg Pare, Director of Communications for the Senate
State House Room 112
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 276-5558