Trustee steals from trust he administered for his daughter

Posted on Mar 01, 2009

This story from Philadelphia recounts how a state senator received a $1,000,000 gift from his friend.  It just so happens that gift came from the friend taking the money from his daughter's trust.  Of course, as trustee he had no right to take the money from the trust and make a gift of it.

Trustees improperly taking money from a trust is not uncommon.  Beneficiaries of a trust who have been ripped off can sue the trustee in probate court if they are going to recover what is rightfully theirs.  Usually this is done by filing a petition in probate court seeking to surcharge the trustee.

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