January 13, 2003

Contact: Lynn Kimbrough,

720-913-9025

80-year-old Victimized Again in

‘Power of Attorney’ Fraud

January 13, 2003          An 80-year-old victim of a Power of Attorney fraud currently being prosecuted by the Denver District Attorney’s Office has been conned again by another person to whom she turned for assistance.  Robert J. Nawrocki, 49, has been arrested on a Probable Cause Warrant under suspicion of stealing $30,000 between April 29 and December 20, 2002.

            After the victim received $59,000 from the sale of her deceased brother’s condo, Nawrocki deposited the check into his personal checking account.  Although the money was to be used for the victim’s benefit, Nawrocki is alleged to have used $30,000 of the funds to take personal trips, make personal car payments, and to give loans to friends and family.

Nawrocki became Power of Attorney for the victim on November 1, 2001.  Prior to that date, her POA was David D. Hobdy who was charged on October 15, 2002 with three counts of Theft (Class 3 Felony) for using his Power of Attorney to steal nearly $400,000 from the 80-year-old victim and Bank One.  He has been in jail since that time on a $500,000 bond.  Hobdy has an arraignment hearing on January 21, 2003.  Formal charges are pending against Nawrocki.

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*The filing of a criminal charge is merely a formal accusation that an individual(s) committed a crime(s) under Colorado laws.  A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.  See Colo. RPC 3.6 ____________