U.S. Attorney Duane Evans announced that 51 YO Sloane Signal-Debose of Slidell pled guilty to misappropriating funds from a veteran while she was the veteran’s fiduciary.
According to court documents, from 2016 until 2018 Signal was a fiduciary for a veteran who needed assistance with the management of his affairs, and controlled the veteran’s finances and bank accounts. During that time, she took over $100,000 from the veteran’s accounts, routed it through bank accounts in her own name, ultimately using it as the down payment on a home for Signal that was only in her name. She also used additional funds from the veteran to pay contractors working on her home. She then submitted false records to the Department of Veteran’s Affairs to hide her misuse of the veteran’s funds.
Signal faces up to five years in prison, up to three years of supervised release after release from prison, a fine of up to $250,000.
Judge Sarah S. Vance set the sentencing hearing for February 15, 2023.
