Fraud charges, Maleny

Sunshine Coast Detectives have charged a 63-year-old woman with fraud after executing a search warrant at a Maleny law firm.

Police will allege the woman used a Power of Attorney to illegally obtain approximately $400,000 from a 70-year-old woman.

The law firm is now under the administration of the law society.

A 63-year-old woman was charged with one count of fraud and is due to appear in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on 30 January 2015.

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