On August 1, 2025, the Mendota Heights Police Department began investigating a report of fraud against a vulnerable adult (hereinafter “Victim”) who resided at a senior living facility in Lilydale, Dakota County, Minnesota. Victim was a 91-year-old woman with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. The suspect was identified as WENDY ANN BLOOMER [DOB REDACTED]. On August 4, 2025, the investigator spoke with Victim [NAME REDACTED] was her niece and Power of Attorney. Victim explained that she sometimes paid BLOOMER small amounts of money for being her POA and for running errands.
Victim [NAME REDACTED] has never authorized any payment to BLOOMER more than $800. Victim was shocked to learned that BLOOMER had deposited checks totaling $50,605.75. On September 2, 2025, the investigator and an adult protection worker met with Victim. Victim was presented with checks written from her account. Victim [NAME REDACTED] did not write most of the checks and did not recognize the signature on the checks as her own. The following unauthorized payments were deposited directly into BLOOMER’s bank account by checks written on Victim’s bank account or signed over to BLOOMER: February 28, 2025: deposit by check in amount of $868.00 (#103) April 15, 2025: deposit by check in amount of $6,757.00 (#69377) April 28, 2025: deposit by check in amount of $3,700.00 (#127) April 29, 2025: deposit by check in amount of $2,300.00 (#129) May 6, 2025: deposit by check in amount of $2,300.00 (#133) May 9, 2025: deposit by check in amount of $3,400.00 (#138) May 13, 2025: deposit by check in amount of $2,150.00 (#135) May 16, 2025: deposit by check in amount of $1,800.00 (#140) May 21, 2025: deposit by check in amount of $3,030.62 (#69619) June 12, 2025: deposit by check in amount of $1,200.00 (#158) July 30, 2025: deposit by check in amount of $7,499.00 (#69931) 3 19HA-CR-26-781 Filed in District Court State of Minnesota 6/4/2026 On September 5, 2025, the investigator received search warrant results from Victim’s bank including her check history.
The checks were dated between September 2024 and July 2025. All checks were purportedly signed by Victim. None of the checks were signed by BLOOMER or indicated to be signed as POA. The adult protection worker spoke with BLOOMER who admitted to taking money from Victim [NAME REDACTED] was going to pay the money back. In addition, the investigator received search warrant results from BLOOMER’s bank and found additional checks that were issued to Victim but signed over to BLOOMER (check #69377, 69619, 69931).
