A Max woman has been accused of stealing more than $250,000 from accounts belonging to an individual under her care.

Shannon Olson, 62, has been charged in South Central District Court with exploitation of a vulnerable adult-over $50,000, theft-take-over $50,000, and forgery-make-over $50,000, all Class A felonies; and unauthorized use of personal identifying information-over $1,000, a Class B felony.

According to court documents, the charges stemmed from an investigation by the McLean County Sheriff’s Office, prompted by the son of the victim, who said he had discovered concerns with Olson’s management of the victim’s finances. The reporting party said he had reviewed the victim’s accounts in May 2025 and had identified more than $100,000 in questionable expenditures in the last three years.

Court documents detailed how the questionable payments included purchases of clothing, makeup, wigs, online subscriptions, vehicles, medical bills and plane tickets.

According to court documents, the stolen expenditures going back to July 10, 2020, totaled $212,360.88, plus an additional $40,970 in collections from the victim’s credit cards Olson allegedly had access to. Due to the statute of limitations for criminal charges, the affidavit determined the stolen funds from May 22, 2022, to May 22, 2025, to be $138,385.35, plus the amount in collections for a total of $179,355.35.

Olson made her initial appearance on Dec. 17 and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 21.