CORALVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) – A Coralville woman pleaded guilty to bankruptcy fraud after hiding more than $70,000 in assets belonging to a cognitively impaired nursing home resident to avoid paying the resident’s nursing home debt.
64-year-old Donita Eckrich pleaded guilty to one count of bankruptcy fraud on April 22.
Court documents show the resident suffered from severe cognitive impairments and was unable to manage their own financial affairs in 2021 and 2022. Since 2019, the resident had accrued over $150,000 in nursing home debt, despite holding significant assets, including a nearly $75,000 annuity and valuable real estate in Holy Cross, Iowa.
Eckrich admitted to scheming to defraud the nursing home by hiding and illegally transferring assets belonging to the resident.
According to court documents, Eckrich fraudulently filed for bankruptcy on behalf of the resident while concealing…
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