By Brianna Pitts
InkFreeNews

CULVER — A Marshall County caregiver was recently arrested for allegedly stealing money from the woman she was caring for.

Brittany Kozubik

Brittany Kozubik, 38, Monterey, is charged with eight counts of forgery, all level 6 felonies; and exploitation of a dependent, a class A misdemeanor.

On Sept. 27, 2022, a woman contacted Marshall County Central Dispatch to report allegations regarding her mother’s caregiver, identified as Kozubik, forging checks and stealing money from her. The woman said she had documentation of this occurring.

The woman gave Kozubik a budget of what to spend on her mother’s expenditures and she was allowed to use a debit card from the Fifth Third Bank only. When visiting her mother in Culver, the woman came across a check written out to Kozubik from a checking account from First Farmers Bank, an account she was not supposed to have access to, containing a forged signature with her mother’s name.

The woman said she noticed these checks being suspicious because only maintenance costs for the house were to be paid out using checks and there were several checks made out to “Brittany” since 2019, when she was initially hired.

Kozubik was booked in the Marshall County Jail on June 29, 2023.