By Sarah Tate
May 12, 2021
WKRN reports. The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested 63-year-old
Karl Hampton and his wife, 59-year-old
Deborah Hampton, on Wednesday (May 12), according to the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Karl Hampton, of Franklin, was previously employed as an exterminator at a Belle Meade pest control company when he met the victim while servicing her home from early 2016 to mid-2019. He is accused of defrauding the elderly widow of more than $1 million during this time.
According to the U.S. Attorney, Karl Hampton devised a plan in January 2018 to make the woman, who was later diagnosed with dementia, believe that he was her son and that he would care for her, both personally and financially. The victim then signed over her Power of Attorney and named Hampton in her will and living trust, adding Deborah Hampton to the living trust as well.
Couple charged with defrauding elderly woman
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Exterminator stole $1 7M from widow by posing as her son — and played the lottery, feds say
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