Stealing money from children, senior citizens or mentally ill people ought to be harder than it is, and Palm Beach County’s comptroller wants clerks statewide to clamp down on guardianship fraud.
To date, only two Florida counties have procedures in place to investigate guardianship fraud. Sharon Bock, Palm Beach County’s clerk and comptroller, didn’t originate the idea. Pinellas County has gone after fraud against wards of the state for a decade. But once Bock saw the need she became an advocate beyond her borders.
