The adopted son of a retired U.S. Postal Service worker is accused of exploiting his father for years, actions that caused the man to lose his home.

Reginald Keith of Cherokee County was indicted on racketeering and exploitation of an elder person charges, Attorney General Chris Carr said Monday. Officials said he forged checks in his father’s name for four years and deposited the checks in a personal account.

In all, Keith stole $90,000 to fund his own cleaning and contracting business. The amount includes funds from a reverse mortgage that Keith obtained on his father’s home, Carr said.

“As a result of Mr. Keith’s actions,” Carr said, “his father ultimately lost his home, which prior to the reverse mortgage, had been owned by himself and his wife free and clear.”

He also used the money to fund this own living expenses and to buy a BMW luxury sedan, Carr said.

Keith has not yet been arrested.

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Laurence Walker, a volunteer with the Cajun Navy Relief, left, takes two volunteers out on his boat on Lake Oconee to search for Gary Jones, Tuesday, February, 18, 2025, in Eatonton, Ga. The Putnam County sheriff is investigating and searching after Spelman College instructor Joycelyn Nicole Wilson and an Atlanta private school coach Gary Jones went missing on Lake Oconee over a week ago, Saturday Feb. 8th. The body of Wilson was found Sunday, Feb. 9th and Jones has not been found. (Jason Getz / AJC)

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