Yearly Archives: 2022

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Agents Target Seniors For Annuity Purchases The Primary Disadvantages Of Annuities For Seniors Check With Tax Advisor And Get A Second Opinion Evans Law Firm, Inc. recommends seniors avoid certain types of deferred annuities because deferred annuity contracts can be expensive and complicated and tie up a senior’s […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Forged Checks Off Patient’s Account Charges of Theft Of Cash And Property Suspicious Checks Spotted By Bank Lead To Investigation Unscrupulous caregivers who prey on seniors many times strike more than one victim.  If a greedy caregiver gets away with stealing from one patient, he or she […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Whistleblower Process Elements Of An IRS Whistleblower Case Examples Of Tax Fraud The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards individuals who submit credible evidence of tax fraud to the IRS and assist the Service in pursuing tax cheats.  To be eligible for an award, whistleblowers must provide specific […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Stole Seniors’ Retirement Assets Advisor Faces Up To 37 Years In Prison 15 Elderly Or Dependent Adult Victims Persons with direct access to a senior’s finances include individuals acting by power of attorney, or as trustee, guardian, conservator, broker, insurance agent, accountant, or other financial advisor to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER High Level Of Supervision Required For Dementia Patients Liability For Failure To Monitor Injuries And Death Resulting From Wandering A very dangerous, and sadly common, behavior pattern of Alzheimer sufferers and persons with other forms of dementia is wandering away, also known as elopement.  Older sufferers still living […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victim’s Friend Discovers Suspicious Activity Credit Card Purchases And Cash Withdrawals Suspicious Activity On Victim’s Credit Report Theft from any person is a crime, but when the victim is over 65 any theft is also criminal financial elder abuse and grounds for civil liability against the person who […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Enrolled Ineligible Seniors Into Hospice Programs Payments For Non-Terminally Ill Patients How Hospice Fraud Constitutes Elder Abuse Healthcare fraud against government programs like Medicare costs taxpayers billions every year.  When medical service providers like hospice agencies admit ineligible patients into programs where the government is paying the bills, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER All Seniors Are At Risk Of Financial Elder Abuse Be Thorough In Hiring In-Home Caregivers Involved All Trusted Family Members In Decisions Older Americans and their families lose more than $3 billion annually as a result of financial elder abuse according to the National Institute On Aging.  The […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Agents Target Seniors With Retirement Planning Seminars The Goal Is To Sell Annuities Resist The Hype And Understand The Disadvantages Events like “retirement planning seminars” or “retirement consultations” typically devolve into annuity sales pitches by the hosting insurance agent.  Whenever an agent approaches you to consider a deferred […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Agents Target Seniors With Retirement Planning Seminars The Goal Is To Sell Annuities Resist The Hype And Understand The Disadvantages Events like “retirement planning seminars” or “retirement consultations” typically devolve into annuity sales pitches by the hosting insurance agent.  Whenever an agent approaches you to consider a deferred […]