NJ woman sentenced for cheating elderly clients out of millions

The owner of an in-home senior care company involved in a money laundering scheme that bilked a dozen elderly clients out of more than $2.7 million has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Jan Van Holt will also have to pay restitution under the sentence imposed Friday. But state authorities say that amount has not yet been determined.

Prosecutors say the 60-year-old Linwood woman and her sister conspired with a Northfield elder law attorney to defraud clients out of millions of dollars and launder the fund funds through various bank accounts.

Van Holt's sister, 61-year-old Sondra Steen, and the 64-year-old attorney, Barbara Lieberman, both pleaded guilty and were each sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Lieberman also forfeited $3 million in assets and her law license.

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