In July 2015, former nurse Abha Anuradha Kumar was managing Cambridge House residential aged care facility in Collingwood, Melbourne, when she met 92-year old Lionel Cox.

Kumar soon learnt Cox had no immediate family, had not made a will, and he owned a property.

Within three days of his admission into the aged care home, Kumar bought a will kit, and three weeks later she had two members of staff witness Cox's will but did not reveal she was executor and sole beneficiary of his estate.

On 9 August 2015, Cox died, and Kumar became "informant" on his death certificate.

In November 2015, Kumar obtained a grant of probate from the Victorian Supreme Court.

Cox's home sold for $1.1 million, and Kumar also received more than $36,000 in cash and $3,000 worth of personal items.

In August 2021, Kumar was served with a "summons for revocation" in a Supreme Court of Victoria action launched by the Victorian Government's State Trustees. State Trustees’ lawyers said the will was not executed in compliance with legislation, in part because it was not signed by Cox in the presence of both witnesses. The court also heard when the two staff members signed the will, the document was folded so they could not see its contents.

On 21 November 2024 in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Justice Melissa Daly ordered Kumar to repay the funds into a trust account managed by the court, and be distributed to Cox's cousins. Kumar had already spent some of the proceeds, including on legal bills.

The decision comes more than five years after Kumar was banned from being a registered health practitioner for engaging in professional misconduct, following a Nursing and Midwifery Board investigation. She was described as a “deeply flawed character” who “lacks trustworthiness and integrity” and posed a risk to the public.