Yearly Archives: 2022

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Using Power Of Attorney To Commit Fraud Using POA After Principal’s Death Remedies When POA Agents Commit Fraud Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full authority over a person’s financial affairs, and medical powers of attorney, known in California as an Advance Health Care Directives (AHCDs), grant authority […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Group Home Owner Indicted On Elder Abuse Charges Residents Left Without Food For Days Patient Found In Garage Lying In His Own Feces Evans Law Firm, Inc. represent victims of dependent adult abuse in hospitals, nursing homes or other care facilities throughout the State of California, including small […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Misuse Of Powers Of Attorney Case Studies of POA Abuse State And Federal Laws On POA Misuse Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full authority over a person’s financial affairs, and medical powers of attorney, known in California as an Advance Health Care Directives (AHCDs), grant authority over […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Misuse Of Powers Of Attorney Case Studies of POA Abuse State And Federal Laws On POA Misuse Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full authority over a person’s financial affairs, and medical powers of attorney, known in California as an Advance Health Care Directives (AHCDs), grant authority over […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Defendant Was Accountant And Financial Advisor To Elderly Claimed Investments Were As Safe As CDs Much Of The $12 Million Came From Victims’ Retirement Savings Any American can be a victim of investment fraud but older investors are particularly vulnerable to fraud.  Financial predators may target older investors […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Suspect “Helped” 99-Year-Old Victim Run Errands Investigation Discovers Wire Transfers Of $582,647 Money Spent Paying Off Mortgage, A New Car And Vacations  We often write that seniors are potential victims of financial elder abuse from various persons – caregivers, second spouses, girlfriends or boyfriends or other “new” friends, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Department Of Insurance Commissioner Announces Arrest Employees Reported Agency Irregularities Arrest Warrant Issued Following Investigation All seniors are potential victims to financial predators, including insurance agents and other salespeople, bankers, trustees, conservators, financial advisors, brokers, caregivers, contractors, second spouses, stepchildren, girlfriends or boyfriends and anyone who holds a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Complete Authority Over Principal’s Finances And Property Potential For Abuse Remedies For Injured Principals The most dangerous estate planning document which an individual may have is a financial Power of Attorney (POA). See Cal. Prob. Code §§ 4401 (statutory form for financial POA). The POA allows another person – […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Transferred $950,000 Of Client Money To Himself Forged Compliance Officer’s Signature Transfers Occurred Over Four-Year Period Senior investors are at risk of being sold unsuitable annuities or investments or churning or unauthorized trades in their brokerage accounts because dishonest advisors may prey on their lack of financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cases Started Eight Years Ago Series Of Settlements Recovers Millions For Government Allegations Of Kickback System For Use Of Medial Device Every year in this country, individuals bring more enforcement efforts against companies defrauding the government than the government itself brings. Sometimes further government actions spring from cases […]