A Kansas City man allegedly swindled an elderly man out thousands of dollars before a relative learned what was going on and notified authorities.</p><p>Jackson County prosecutors charged Richard Rambua, 47, today with financial exploitation of the elderly and three counts of identity theft.</p><p>The 74-year-old victim is impaired from a 1966 brain injury, authorities said. He lived in east Kansas City.</p><p>According to court records:</p><p>Rambua befriended the victim in the early to mid-1990s. In 2004, he persuaded the victim to sell him his house in the 6400 block of Peery Avenue for $76,000 and also to take out a second mortgage of $14,600, on which the suspect never made payments.</p><p>The victim was allowed to stay in the house but was charged $8,305 rent from October 2004 to July 2007. During that same time, Rambua also allegedly charged the victim for repairs and obtained $23,340.08 from the victim for unknown reasons.</p><p>Earlier this year, Rambua allegedly took the victim to a bank to take out a $3,000 loan. When the first bank balked, Rambua found a second bank that provided the loan. Rambua allegedly got the money.</p><p>In July, two members of the victim&#8217;s church visited him at the house and found him dehydrated, malnourished and living in filth without air-conditioning. They called an ambulance.</p><p>The victim currently resides in a nursing home, where Rambua allegedly visited him several times, trying to convince him to move back to the house, court records say.</p><p>Rambua confessed to opening four credit card accounts in the victim&#8217;s name without his permission, court records say. He also admitted to charging the victim $31,000 in rent and not making any payments on the house mortgage.