Police arrest former Upper Gwynedd woman in $370K fraud of Hatfield man
Arrested in New York following extradition from Philippines
Authorities this morning arrested a former Upper Gwynedd woman who is charged with stealing more than $370,000 from a disabled Hatfield man for whom she was caring. Janet Gitney, 57, was arrested at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City, where she arrived after being extradited from the Phillipines. She was charged in late September with theft by deception, forgery, misapplication of entrusted property, fraud and insolvency, and related charges, according to a statement released this afternoon by the office of Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Ferman. The district attorney's office said Gitney fled to the Philippines after learning of the criminal investigation against her. She was captured there with the assistance of the FBI, …
