Moorpark, California resident, Maria Lucille Velarde, 49, was recently sentenced to four years and eight months in state prison for her role in two fraud schemes targeting disabled seniors she cared for at Leisure Village in Camarillo.

Velarde pleaded not guilty in August to multiple felony charges including grand theft from an elderly person, forgery, receiving stolen property, and two counts of identity theft. She also admitted to stealing more than $50,000 in merchandise.

Velarde was the former livein caregiver for an 87-year-old Leisure Village resident who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.