Yearly Archives: 2021

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Isolation Is Breeding Ground For Financial Abuse Unauthorized ATM Withdrawals Make Up Greatest Percentage Of Losses  Helping Isolated Seniors Throughout the United States and here in California and Santa Cruz County, incidents of financial elder abuse have skyrocketed as a result of the isolation of seniors, and the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Isolated Woman Falls Prey To Financial Abuse False Pretenses, Impersonations And Deceit Led To $4.85 Million Loss Federal Prosecution Awaits Defendant Elder advocates estimate that around five million seniors are financially exploited each year financially, with anywhere from $2.9-36.5 billion in personal financial losses annually. These astonishing figures are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Indexed Universal Life Insurance (IULs) Pacific Life Insurance Company IULs Indexed universal life insurance (IULs) are often sold by agents as savings vehicles for the future. These policies can be costly and complicated. A number of carriers offer IULs.  Pacific Life Insurance Company (usually referred to just as […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $48 Million Settlement Of False Claims Case Former Physicians/Owners Blow Whistle Allegations of Illegal Kickbacks And Contractual Obligations Current and former employees and even former owners of businesses may have information of health care fraud against the government by clinics, labs, hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, drug […]

A class action lawsuit is pending in California state court against Pacific Life Insurance Company (“PacLife”) alleging claims on behalf of California purchasers of Pacific Discovery Xelerator IUL indexed universal life insurance policies (“PDX Policies”).  These PDX Policies were issued by PacLife, nationwide, from February 2017 until 2019. Evans Law […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Justice Department Announces Settlement With Private Equity Investor Alleged Billing for Unapproved Procedures Whistleblower Rewarded Whenever an individual blows the whistle on fraud against the federal government or State of California, the individual can be rewarded when the government recovers as a result.  The grounds for the claims […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  Isolation Primary Risk Factor For Elder Abuse Perpetrators Exploit Isolated Elderly How You Can Help Isolated Seniors The persistence of unintended consequences from the best of intentions has a sad impact on seniors in this pandemic.  The very same safety measures put in place to isolate and protect […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Justice Department Announces $5 Million Settlement Claims Of False Advertising And Kickbacks To Go To Jury Former Sales Representative Initiated Suit In 2002 Health care fraud against Medicare and other government health care programs is the largest source of fraud against the government and ultimately taxpayers. Individuals who […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Foreign Exchange Options Trading Fraud Commodity Futures Trading Commission Polices FX Options CFTC Announces $7 Million Civil Penalty For FX Trading Fraud The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) polices the options trading markets in the U.S., including the market for foreign exchange options, also known as FX […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A Growing Problem For a Growing Segment of Our Population Over 200,000 Seniors In Santa Clara County All Are Potential Elder Abuse Victims Any senior is potentially a victim of elder abuse and the growing incidents of abuse and the growing elderly population here in Santa Clara County […]