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    Default Trustee Leeching Money Out of Trust Accounts, What Action Can I Take

    This is taking place in the state of Washington.

    For about 4-5 years, my cousin, and trustee to my trust account and that of my sisters, has been leeching money out for his own ends. He has failed on several occasions to provide current bank statements and/or transaction histories. In late 2009 my sister told me that she found out that our corrupt Trustee had taken out $23,000 to give to his mother whom was behind on mortgage and bills, all without the knowledge or consent of my sister. This is the most blatant example, but we are 100% certain he has stolen smaller amounts before and after this one.

    What should we do? I'm pretty sure that if we take him to court, he basically will have already lost due to the hole he's dug himself, because the court would most likely demand the bank history of the accounts.

    Another thing is that my sister and I do not have money to hire an attorney for this? In these cases are there pro bono trust lawyers that would take up something like this? Our first step may be to file a police report.

    Thanks for your advice!

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    Default Re: Trustee Leeching Money Out of Trust Accounts, What Action Can I Take

    You should have taken action when this first started.

    By all means, if there has been theft, file a police report - but be aware that the police may not be very interested in investigating acts that occurred several years ago.

    You can take him to court asking for an accounting and for the return of any money improperly taken from the account.

    If you want to try to find a lawyer who will do this for free or for a percentage of any money recovered from your cousin, get on the phone and start calling law offices.

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