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- A former Utah nurse, Kevin Charles Call, faces charges of exploiting a vulnerable adult.
- Police say Call deceived the man into paying nearly $7,000 for fake legal services.
- His nursing license in Utah was revoked earlier this year for misconduct in Iowa.
SALT LAKE CITY — A former registered nurse in Utah who had his license to practice revoked by the state is accused of taking advantage of a vulnerable adult.
Kevin Charles Call, 44, of Layton, was charged in 3rd District Court on Thursday with financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult, a second-degree felony; and trespassing, a class A misdemeanor.
In June, a relative of a man who prosecutors say is "low functioning intellectually," contacted Salt Lake City police to report the man was being financially exploited by his health care provider, according to charging documents.
Call, who was the man's nurse, claimed to have a brother who was an attorney, the charges state. On several occasions, Call told the man he "was in trouble, legally, or could go to jail and that he needed to pay Call money to give to his attorney brother to take care of it," the charges state.
Police, however, discovered the alleged attorney's number was for a car dealership in Las Vegas, according to the charges.
Nearly $7,000 was taken from the man and deposited into three accounts belonging to Call, the charges state.
Three days after the call to police, Call went to the man's house at night, entered without permission, confronted the man about not taking his calls, and then took the man's phone to try and have his number unblocked, according to the charges.
"Call told (the man) that if he does not answer his phone, that any legal help will stop and he could go to jail," the charges allege.
Even though Call was acting as the man's registered nurse, the Division of Professional Licensing revoked Call's license to practice in Utah earlier this year for allegedly taking a patient's medication while working as a nurse in Iowa last year.
