Ishwanzya Rivers Arrested;- Federal authorities arrested a woman in Ohio after they said she stole nearly $150,000 from military veterans. According to United States Attorney Dominick Gerace II, 46-year-old Ishwanzya Rivers was arrested Wednesday in Louisville, Ohio.
Gerace said Rivers had stolen more than $133,000 from one elderly, dying veteran who lived at the VA hospital in Cincinnati. She has also been accused of misappropriating the victim’s money at least 45 times from June 2021 through November 2022, Gerace said.
Officials said the 46-year-old used the stolen money to fund shopping trips and travel to New Orleans, Montego Bay, Cancun, London, Panama, Zurich, Vienna and Maldives.
Misappropriating funds as a fiduciary and making false statements are federal crimes, each punishable by up to five years in prison.
