MOBILE, Ala. ( WALA ) - A father and son are accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly Mobile woman.

Investigators say 54-year-old Charles Cook and his son, 30-year-old Dillon Cook, own a local lawn care company and worked for the victim.

Court documents show The Cooks took $774,00 out of the woman’s retirement account through checks and cash.

The DA’s Office says it noticed a pattern of large transactions going from the victim’s account to the father and son after an alleged deal was made where Charles Cook would be over the victim’s finances and future decisions.

But the DA’s Office says the victim never agreed to that deal.

Carl Bates, president of the Better Business Bureau for Central and South Alabama, said this is the worst case of elderly exploitat

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