Yearly Archives: 2013

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A California duo allegedly committed financial elder abuse by swindling an elderly mentally ill woman out of thousands of dollars.  The defendants are a couple who reside in Riverside County.  They allegedly befriended the elderly mentally ill woman and talked her into giving them money and goods.  California […]

Deferred annuity insurance policies often target senior citizens for their sale. Companies, such as Principal Life Insurance Company, offer deferred annuities that give the individual peace of mind that they have invested a portion of their funds into a life insurance policy, to care for the people they leave behind—a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced its largest reward to date for $14 million dollars.  The whistleblower who received the award gave information to the Securities and Exchange Commission that lead to an enforcement action that recovered substantial funds.  Whistleblowers who receive payments get the money from […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER You don’t expect the manager of a major bank to walk off with hundreds of thousands of dollars of your money, yet this appears to be a crime perpetrated with increasing regularity against elders in California. Oakland banker Linda Sue Foss was recently charged by the Alameda County […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The founder of Beanie babies, Ty Warner, was recently charged with tax evasion.  The charge stems from his ownership of offshore accounts that were not reported to the IRS.  He says that he will plead guilty and pay the $53 million fine for IRS tax evasion.  According to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A Costa Mesa man has been arrested in connection with the death of his elderly mother inside a home they shared.  His elderly mother was 80 years old.  The Costa Mesa man has been charged with physical elder abuse and manslaughter.  Neighbors claim that the Costa Mesa man […]

What you can do to combat insurance fraud: Insurance Code, section 1871.7 In California, if you have personal knowledge of insurance fraud, the law lets you do something about it.

Planning for your own death is never easy. And with all the life insurance options available, choosing the right plan for you and your loved ones can be tricky. Insurance companies offer options to invest in inheritance for their children; savings plan for their funeral costs and other expenses, such […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A new study was published recently that shows that medical errors are the likely cause of for over 400,000 deaths each year in the United States.  Whistleblowers have claimed that certain hospital corporations have intentionally admitted patients to hospitals that do not need to be in the hospital.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial elder abuse – A documentary film maker is trying to shed light on the problem of financial elder abuse.  Her personal experience with financial elder abuse involving her father is what is motivating the effort.  Her father had Alzheimer’s disease and was living at a nursing home; […]