Woman Who Targeted Veterans Convicted of Fraud

A woman accused of defrauding dozens of Oregonians including many disabled veterans was convicted in Washington County Court and sentenced to four years in prison.

Lisa Bayer Day was also ordered to may more than $117,000 in restitution to her victims.

Day was a professional fiduciary appointed to make legal and financial decisions for people unable to do so on their own.

The conviction culminates the end of an investigation by the state Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Unit.

Their investigation found that:

• Checks made out to Bayer Day’s clients and third parties – like long-term care facilities and ambulance companies – were repeatedly intercepted by Bayer Day and deposited into her own personal bank account;
• Client funds were repeatedly used by Bayer Day to pay the bills of others;
• Bayer Day used $30,000 of client funds to pay court-ordered restitution to the estates of two aging clients that Bayer Day defrauded in Grant County;
• When clients died, Bayer Day did not give the money to the next of kin as required by law, but instead diverted those funds to her own personal bank account;
• Bayer Day repeatedly paid her husband’s company thousands of dollars to clean out the homes of clients who had moved to long-term care facilities, but no such service was ever provided;
• Despite accruing significant sums of money, Bayer Day failed to pay any of her Oregon taxes.

"We rely on professional fiduciaries to provide care for Oregon’s most vulnerable citizens, and to be trustworthy, honest, and act in good faith. Oregon DOJ’s Medicaid Fraud Unit and newly created Elder Abuse Unit will continue to aggressively prosecute fiduciaries who victimize vulnerable elder and disabled Oregonians," said Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum.