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In-home care aide facing 65 new fraud-related charges involving elderly victims: Surrey RCMP

A financial crime unit released a photo and description seeking more potential victims in July 2022

Surrey care aide Ana Marie Lat Chamdal is facing charges involving 19 more elderly victims after a public appeal from Surrey RCMP last summer.
Surrey care aide Ana Marie Lat Chamdal is facing charges involving 19 more elderly victims after a public appeal from Surrey RCMP last summer. Photo by RCMP

Another 65 fraud-related charges involving 19 elderly victims have been laid against a former Surrey care aide.

The Surrey RCMP financial crime unit released the name and photo of the suspected fraudster, 30-year-old Ana Marie Lat Chamdal, back in July.

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An investigation was launched a month before that into allegations about one victim. Dozens more alleged victims have since come forward.

Earlier this week, 65 more charges were laid, including fraud over $5,000, unlawfully entering a dwelling, assault, theft of credit cards and possession of a forged document. Most of the victims were in Surrey.

Chamdal, who worked as an in-home care aide, was arrested Wednesday on the new charges and is in custody until her next court appearance.

The original charge on June 29 involved a wallet reported stolen from a 96-year-old man’s Richmond home. The credit and debit cards were allegedly used fraudulently in Surrey and Delta.

“It is disheartening to see an elderly person taken advantage of, especially by a person entrusted with providing care for them,” said Surrey RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Vanessa Munn at the time.