{"id":8903,"date":"2022-05-31T11:34:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T15:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collierclerk.com\/?page_id=8903"},"modified":"2026-03-23T13:46:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:46:33","slug":"report-guardianship-fraud","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/court-divisions\/court-guardianship\/guardianship-audits\/report-guardianship-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Report Guardianship Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"muni-bellows-table\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 836px;\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 836px;\">\n<td class=\"muni-bellows-table-column\" style=\"width: 20%; height: 836px; vertical-align: top;\">\n<nav id=\"bellows-main-64\" class=\"bellows bellows-nojs bellows-main bellows-source-menu bellows-align-full bellows-skin-grey-material bellows-type- bellows-expand-current\"><ul id=\"menu-courts-guardianship-menu\" class=\"bellows-nav\" data-bellows-config=\"main\"><li 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href=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/court-divisions\/court-guardianship\/guardianship-audits\/faq-audit\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">FAQ \u2013 Audit<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-18740\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-18740 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/court-divisions\/court-guardianship\/guardianship-audits\/report-guardianship-fraud\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Report Guardianship Fraud<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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 data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">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 <a href=\"\/inspector-general\/reporting-fraud-waste-and-abuse\/\">Inspector General<\/a>. This includes, but is not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">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\u00a0&amp; Comptroller&#8217;s\u00a0Division of Inspector General for investigation.\u00a0 When <a href=\"\/inspector-general\/reporting-fraud-waste-and-abuse\/\">reporting<\/a> online, 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<table class=\"muni-table muni-table-scroll\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Confidential Hotline: <a href=\"tel:+18442537544\">1-844-253-7544<\/a> (844-ClerkIG)<\/p>\n<p>Online: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Lighthouse-services.com\/CollierClerk\">www.Lighthouse-services.com\/CollierClerk <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:oig@collierclerk.com\"> OIG@CollierClerk.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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\/court-divisions\/court-guardianship\/guardianship-audits\/report-guardianship-fraud\/#more-8903\" aria-label=\"Read more about Report Guardianship Fraud\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":8910,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8903","page","type-page","status-publish","infinite-scroll-item"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8903","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=8903"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20190,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8903\/revisions\/20190"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}