Nine Defendants Named in $2M Elder Exploitation Lawsuit Targeting Couple in their 90s

Jessica Shein By Jun 10, 2026 Posted in Uncategorized Share

Mansfield, Bronstein & Stone LLP has filed a Second Amended Complaint in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court (Case No.: 2025-020070-CA-01), dramatically expanding its elder-abuse lawsuit against former financial advisor, Kevin McCarthy. The expanded suit now names nine defendants in a decade-long scheme that allegedly stripped two cognitively impaired retirees of their entire $2 million estate.

Homero and Marie Gonzalez, a Hialeah couple in their 80s and 90s who were both diagnosed with dementia, placed their complete trust in McCarthy as their financial advisor. According to the complaint, that trust was weaponized. Marie ultimately became bedridden, lost her right leg to sepsis, and died on June 4, 2024, at age 95, allegedly entirely unaware that her life savings had been stolen. Her own family was not informed of her death until August 2024.

The complaint asserts that McCarthy, his wife Diana and daughter Casey, and his co-defendants systematically dismantled the estate, misappropriating more than $1.67 million through a coordinated scheme that included the following:

• $655,000 paid to caretaker Idaselma Hernandez-Camacho, who allegedly forged signatures, impersonated the couple, and falsely posed as Marie’s granddaughter.

• $283,000 in allegedly forged checks were sent to a company owned by McCarthy’s daughter, Casey McCarthy.

• $71,625 allegedly paid directly to McCarthy’s wife, Diana McCarthy.

• $133,000 allegedly charged on the couple’s credit cards for Hernandez’s personal use.

• $282,447 in death benefits allegedly diverted to individuals fraudulently listed as Marie’s blood relatives.

The expanded filing also targets brokerage firm Madison Avenue Securities, LLC, alleging the firm negligently supervised McCarthy despite prior FINRA complaints, customer disputes, and blatant red flags regarding his control over elderly clients’ finances. Separately, FINRA has issued a permanent industry bar against McCarthy for refusing to cooperate with investigators.

“This appears to be a textbook, yet uniquely devastating case of predatory elder abuse,” said Gary N. Mansfield, Managing Partner of Mansfield, Bronstein & Stone, LLP. “We are alleging on behalf of our Client that an entire network of individuals — and a complicit brokerage firm — stripped these vulnerable senior citizens of everything they had. We are fully prepared to take this to trial to obtain justice for our Client.”

The lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages, injunctive relief, asset attachment, and a constructive trust over all funds traceable to the estate. A jury trial has been demanded. Full complaint documents are available to the media upon request.

“This case involves a brokerage firm, a caretaker, an insurance company — all with duties to protect vulnerable clients.  Allegations that this abuse continued uninterrupted makes these circumstances even more egregious,” said Kathleen Achille, a Partner at the Firm who brings more than 27 years of litigation experience, with a record of trying approximately 50 jury trials (nearly 30 of which were felonies) to the team. “That systemic failure is something we intend to hold the bad actors fully accountable for.”