Another "conservative" crook. A Roger Stone acolyte.
Conservative commentator Karyn Turk admits to stealing mom’s Social Security
Instead of using $17,300 in government checks to pay for the care of her mother who was ravaged by dementia, Turk used the money for herself, a federal attorney said.
WEST PALM BEACH - Fresh from hosting a fund-raiser for the legal defense of Republican operative Roger Stone, conservative media commentator Karyn Turk on Friday admitted she stole her 83-year-old mother’s Social Security checks.
Looking relaxed and unperturbed, Karyn Turk pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to a single charge of Social Security fraud. Turk, who was crowned Mrs. Florida 2016 and touts her involvement in charities, faces a maximum one-year jail term and possible $100,000 fine when she is sentenced on Dec. 13.
Because the charge is a misdemeanor, the 47-year-old Highland Beach woman who uses social media and her radio and television shows to defend all things Republican would not lose her ability to vote - a right she described as “very important to me.”
Instead of using $17,300 in government checks to pay for the care of her mother who was ravaged by dementia, Turk used the money for herself, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Adrienne Rabinowitz.
Turk didn’t dispute the prosecutor’s description of her crime. While she and her attorney, Guy Fronstin, declined comment as they left the courthouse, both said additional information would surface that would explain her actions.
The criminal charges stemmed from an ugly fight in probate court that began when she didn’t pay for her mother’s expenses at the American Finnish Nursing Home in Lake Worth, records show.
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Suspecting Turk was using her mother’s Social Security checks to bankroll her upscale lifestyle, the administrator of the home in July 2018 asked Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Janis Brustares Keyser to appoint a guardian to represent Turk’s mother, a retired school teacher who was born in Austria.
The court-appointed guardian confirmed nursing home administrator Daniel Benson’s suspicions.
In court papers, guardian Amy Nicol accused Turk of using her mother’s Social Security checks to promote her dream of appearing on “The Real Housewives of Palm Beach” and to garner publicity.
Conservative commentator Karyn Turk admits to stealing mom’s Social Security
Instead of using $17,300 in government checks to pay for the care of her mother who was ravaged by dementia, Turk used the money for herself, a federal attorney said.
WEST PALM BEACH - Fresh from hosting a fund-raiser for the legal defense of Republican operative Roger Stone, conservative media commentator Karyn Turk on Friday admitted she stole her 83-year-old mother’s Social Security checks.
Looking relaxed and unperturbed, Karyn Turk pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to a single charge of Social Security fraud. Turk, who was crowned Mrs. Florida 2016 and touts her involvement in charities, faces a maximum one-year jail term and possible $100,000 fine when she is sentenced on Dec. 13.
Because the charge is a misdemeanor, the 47-year-old Highland Beach woman who uses social media and her radio and television shows to defend all things Republican would not lose her ability to vote - a right she described as “very important to me.”
Instead of using $17,300 in government checks to pay for the care of her mother who was ravaged by dementia, Turk used the money for herself, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Adrienne Rabinowitz.
Turk didn’t dispute the prosecutor’s description of her crime. While she and her attorney, Guy Fronstin, declined comment as they left the courthouse, both said additional information would surface that would explain her actions.
The criminal charges stemmed from an ugly fight in probate court that began when she didn’t pay for her mother’s expenses at the American Finnish Nursing Home in Lake Worth, records show.
>>COURT NEWS: She just got her driver’s license. She hit him. He was just awarded $8.2M
Suspecting Turk was using her mother’s Social Security checks to bankroll her upscale lifestyle, the administrator of the home in July 2018 asked Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Janis Brustares Keyser to appoint a guardian to represent Turk’s mother, a retired school teacher who was born in Austria.
The court-appointed guardian confirmed nursing home administrator Daniel Benson’s suspicions.
In court papers, guardian Amy Nicol accused Turk of using her mother’s Social Security checks to promote her dream of appearing on “The Real Housewives of Palm Beach” and to garner publicity.
