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Did I finally find hard evidence? Probate Fraud?

Is this criminal probate fraud ? I think I found hard evidence.

My grandmother was named the personal representative of my father who died in 1992. I was a child when he died that is why she was named the PR. My sister and I are the only heirs to the estate.She lied to us and told us there was no money left and tried to scare us of from ever calling her again.

Last year I found out she has been basically stealing the money from us all of these years.

This week I found out that while the estate was briefly closed for 2 years she received dividend payments from my dad's stock.

She received 8 thousand dollars in dividend payments and the checks were made out to her name - not the estate of my father. She hid this money from the court, from us AND FROM the IRS. I was looking for hard evidence because I want to start a criminal case against her. I know there has been a lot of this done wrong with her handling the estate...but I need the blatant proof in the pudding. We are also trying to remove her as PR and need a concrete reason. My gut tells me this is theft and fraud. Can anyone confirm this?Oh I also have the check numbers amounts and dates. The accountant at my dad's company told me the they paid her directly.

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