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href=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/inspector-general\/ig-resources\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Resources<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15240\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-15240 bellows-item-level-0\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/inspector-general\/inspector-general-public-awareness\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Public Awareness Videos<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav>\n<p><strong>Collier County Clerk of the Circuit Court<\/strong><br \/>\r\n<strong>Office of Inspector General<\/strong><br \/>\r\n3315 Tamiami Trail East, Suite 316<br \/>\r\nNaples, FL 34112<br \/>\r\n<strong data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Phone:<\/strong> <a href=\"tel:+12392528412\">(239) 252-8412<\/a><br \/>\r\n<strong data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Email: <\/strong><a class=\"muni-popup-admin-form9 pum-trigger\" title=\"form\" href=\"https:\/\/collierclerk.com\/contact-us\/\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">Inspector General<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Mailing Address<br \/>\r\n<\/strong><strong>Collier County Clerk of the Circuit Court<\/strong><br \/>\r\n<strong>Office of Inspector General<\/strong><br \/>\r\n3315 Tamiami Trail East, Suite 102<br \/>\r\nNaples, FL 34112<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60%; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; height: 836px;\">\n<h1>Report Guardianship Fraud<\/h1>\n<p>If you have concerns or wish to report suspected fraud or waste involving court-appointed guardians for elderly persons, minor children or incapacitated individuals, report your concerns to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.collierclerk.com\/inspector-general\/reporting-fraud-waste-and-abuse\/\">Inspector General<\/a>. This includes, but is not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Missing money or property<\/li>\n<li>Altered or fabricated documents<\/li>\n<li>Suspicious loans, funds transfers, opened or closed accounts\/lines of credit<\/li>\n<li>Suspicious purchase or sale of real or personal property<\/li>\n<li>Violations of federal, state, or local laws, standards of practice, rules, or regulations<\/li>\n<li>Conflict of interest involving the Guardian<\/li>\n<li>Forced removal from the ward\u2019s home or residence<\/li>\n<li>Forced isolation from family or friends<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Submissions are sent directly to the Clerk of the Circuit Court &amp; Comptroller\u2019s Office of Inspector General for investigation. When\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.collierclerk.com\/inspector-general\/reporting-fraud-waste-and-abuse\/\">reporting\u00a0online<\/a>, please be sure to include the ward\u2019s full name and the case number, if known, in the field titled, \u201cWho are the individuals involved in this incident?\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.collierclerk.com\/inspector-general\/reporting-fraud-waste-and-abuse\/\">Connect with the Fraud Hotline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you suspect physical abuse or neglect, please contact the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myflfamilies.com\/\">Florida Department of Children and Families <\/a> at <a href=\"tel:+18009622873\">1-800-96ABUSE<\/a> (1-800-962-2873).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report Guardianship Fraud If you have concerns or wish to report suspected fraud or waste involving court-appointed guardians for elderly &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Report Guardianship Fraud\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/inspector-general\/report-guardianship-fraud\/#more-18806\" aria-label=\"Read more about Report Guardianship Fraud\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":5545,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18806","page","type-page","status-publish","infinite-scroll-item"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18806"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19587,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18806\/revisions\/19587"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}