Monthly Archives: October 2020

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial And Physical Elder Abuse With Tragic End Body Of 72-Year-Old Senior Found Caregiver Arrested On Allegations Of Abuse And Forgery Sadly far too often, news stories appear of the most gruesome and shocking accounts of elder abuse.  In a case[1] reported just days ago, authorities arrested a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How You Submit Information Of Fraud To The IRS  Understanding The Process Protections From Retaliation Whenever an individual has information of significant tax evasion, he or she may be eligible for a reward if the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ultimately collects from the delinquent taxpayer based on that […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Misspending Grant Money Constitutes False Claims Act Violation  Taxpayer Funds For Research Institute Pays $10 Million To Settle Allegations Whenever the government issues grant money, the government expects the money to be used for a certain purpose, such as medical research.  If the grant money is misspent the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Isolation Protects Seniors From Virus But Exposes Them To Other Risks Isolation Increases Vulnerability To Abuse Elder Abuse Cases Rising Throughout California During Pandemic Many seniors have elected to self-isolate to protect themselves from COVID-19.  For institutionalized seniors the isolation is enforced by nursing homes and facilities. Protection […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Analyze Costs Before You’re Sold An Annuity Penalties On Withdrawals Consult With Your Tax Advisor Before Any Annuity Transaction Whenever an agent approaches you to consider a deferred annuity, if you’re a senior think long and hard about the costs buried in annuities.  Below, we analyze costs more […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Federal And Local Authorities Cooperate In Prosecution False Investment Opportunities And Other Fraudulent Schemes Financial Abusers Can Be Unrelenting All seniors can be victims of financial elder abuse and that abuse may be an isolated incident or a sustained series of abuses or thefts from a senior over […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Whistleblower Office Has Recovered $2.5 Billion 87 Individual Whistleblowers Have Been Rewarded Even Limited Information May Result In An Award The Whistleblower Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was created under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”), Pub. L. 111-203, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 91-Year-Old Patient Struck 150 Times In Four Days Another Caregiver Alerted Family Surveillance Camera Captures Abuse On Film When an elderly person is under the care of numerous caregivers in rotating shifts, it may be that one of the caregivers notices signs of abuse during their time with […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Communities Alerted To Potential Abuse Of Older Adults Elder Abuse Can Happen To Any Senior Financial Exploitation, Neglect And Emotional, Physical and Sexual Abuse Law enforcement agencies report that elder abuse in order of prevalence includes financial exploitation, emotional abuse, passive neglect, self-neglect, physical abuse, willful deprivation, confinement […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Court of Appeals Rules California Courts Can Still Act Financial Abusers Took Elder And Her Property Out Of State California Can Still Exercise Jurisdiction Over Abusers One of the patterns that comes up in elder abuse cases quite frequently is where an individual abusing a California senior financially […]