MILITARY VETERAN THEFT

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, A CINCINNATI WOMAN PLEADED GUILTY IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN CINCINNATI YESTERDAY (MONDAY) TO MISAPPROPRIATING MONEY THAT SHE WAS MANAGING ON BEHALF OF FOUR UNITED STATES MILITARY VETERANS. 
46-YEAR-OLD ISHWANZYA (ISH-WAHN-ZEYE-UH) RIVERS WAS CHARGED FEDERALLY AND ARRESTED IN AUGUST 2025. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, RIVERS STOLE MORE THAN $135,000 FROM ONE ELDERLY, DYING VETERAN WHO LIVED AT THE VA HOSPITAL IN CINCINNATI. RIVERS ADMITTED SHE MISAPPROPRIATED THE VICTIM'S MONEY AT LEAST 45 TIMES FROM JUNE 2021 THROUGH NOVEMBER 2022. RIVERS STOLE SMALLER AMOUNTS OF MONEY FROM THREE OTHER ELDERLY OR INFIRMED VETERANS TOTALING MORE THAN $23,000. SHE FACES UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.