A Point Loma woman already facing charges of defrauding a former La Jolla restaurant has now been charged with defrauding her former mother-in-law out of more than $1 million. Tara Virginia Moore, 39, appeared in San Diego Superior Court on Dec. 16 on both cases, which have been filed separately. She has denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty to all counts. Moore faces a Jan. 12 preliminary hearing for the embezzlement counts involving Jack’s La Jolla, a fine-dining restaurant that closed in July 2009. She is charged with three counts of grand theft, two counts of fraudulent appropriation by an employee and obtaining property by false pretenses. An April 17 preliminary hearing was set for the latest case involving the mother of her former husband. Moore is charged with committing financial elder theft, grand theft and forgery of a real estate purchase and sales agreement that occurred on May 14, 2008, according to court records. Deputy District Attorney Bill Mitchell said the preliminary hearing for the second case will last at least several days as it involves introduction of bank records and financial information. The victim is 77 years old and lives out of state. According to the charges, Moore told her then-mother-in-law she was a 50-percent partner in a $70 million commercial building, but that was not the case, said prosecutors. She borrowed the money from her then-husband’s mother, saying it was needed for soil tests, permits and applications to the city. Moore, who is free on $500,000 bond in both cases, is represented by former District Attorney Paul Pfingst. Pfingst has provided copies of documents that say Moore was helping the restaurant meet payroll and had loaned money to the owner of Jack’s.