By Shayna Jacobs
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN SUPREME COURT — A 30-year-old woman pleaded guilty Friday to swindling two incapacitated older men, one of whom she married, out of more than $200,000, prosecutors said.
Cher Thompson pleaded guilty to grand larceny, fraud and identify theft charges. She is expected be sentenced to up to seven years in prison next month, prosecutors said.
She married Howard Zeimer, 64, who suffered a brain injury in a car accident decades ago, in 2008. She then proceeded to steal from his life insurance funds.
Thompson also stole from John Grant, an 89-year-old with dementia, by posing as his niece and withdrawing $50,000 from his bank account in 2009, she admitted.
She also has grand larceny and burglary convictions in Florida, prosecutors said. and she also admitted Friday to using a stolen credit card.
Thompson is being held without bail.
