"eyewitness news" in the atlantic county courthouse where van holt was a rain. she wanted to be seen as a trust worthy caregivers but state prosecutor yvonne mayor says van holt and her co-defendants were the opposite. >> they looked for people who were elderly and who had a assets. >> reporter: van holt who was a county caseworker for adult protective services before starting her own company is one of six charged in connection with the ten year-old conspiracy to allegedly steel 3.8 million-dollar from at least 16 victims. >> they name themselves power of attorney and heir to the estate and most of these people did not have capacity to keep an eye on their money assets so they were taken advantage of in that way. >> reporter: thieves used seniors money to buy things like this bmw and luxury condo in florida. the iteam first exposed the group's ring leader barbara lieberman in a special report last fall. >> do i know you. >> i'm charlotte huffman with cbs-3. >> reporter: former attorney and court appointed guardian forfeit $3.000000 in stolen assets and currently

van are saying today, april 18th 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on this saturday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm peter alexander for lester this morning. sheinelle jones and dylan dreyer are here today. we have the band back together on the saturday morning. coming up today, the interesting controversy behind the picture of michael buble after he was accused of body shaming a woman with this photo. we will talk about it coming up in the orange room. does it change things in miami? everybody is wearing shorts like that in miami. >> and the hash tag. >> lots to talk about there. we want to kick off with the top story. the nasty weather in houston. the roads looked more like rivers at times. the flash flooding dropped a lot of rain in a short amount of time. this round of storms is not letting up anytime soon. dylan is tracking that for us. good morning. >> good morning. that is the problem with flash flooding. a lot of rain in a short period of time. we saw 3 to 4 inches of rain falling