Yearly Archives: 2023

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Use Care In Granting Powers Of Attorney The Risk Of POA Abuse Is Always There Theft By Use Of Powers Of Attorney Powers of Attorney (POAs) are important and powerful legal documents that grant the agent appointed under the POA full legal authority to act for the principal […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Paid Stipends And Gifts To Referring Physicians Extravagant Dinners, Expensive Gifts And Golf Trips Former Accounting Department Employee Blew Whistle The Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b (prohibits kickbacks for medical services referrals), and the Stark Law, 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn (prohibits physicians from referring patients to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Accessed Victim’s Home While Victim Hospitalized Credit Card Account Opened In Victim’s Name 22 ATM Withdrawals Totaling $12,500 Any dishonest caregiver with access to a senior’s confidential financial information and personal information like date of birth, Social Security Number, maiden name, etc. can use that information […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Aide Pushes 78-Year-Old Down Fall Results In Senior’s Death Surveillance Camera Captured Assault On Film Seniors in assisted care facilities and nursing homes are at risk of abuse and neglect by the very persons paid to care for them.  Stories of intentional abuse of seniors in these settings […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Re-Directed Pension and Social Security Deposits Online Changes To Deposit Instructions Preventing This Form Of Financial Elder Abuse Anonymous online access to pension or Social Security benefit profiles or phone impersonations of seniors are frequent ploys by caregivers intent on stealing from unsuspecting older persons. Whenever […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Deferred Annuities Are Long-Term Insurance Contracts Downsides For Seniors Include Costly Surrenders Returns Eroded By Commissions, Fees, Participation Rates And Caps Deferred annuities are insurance contracts where the policyholder pays a premium to an insurance carrier now for income payments in the future. Sellers of deferred annuities include […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Powers Of Attorney Are Powerful Legal Instruments Possibility Of Abuse Of Power Always Present Examples Of Power Of Attorney Abuse Powers of Attorney (POAs) are important and powerful legal documents that grant the agent appointed under the POA full legal authority to act for the principal who […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Assisted Care Facility Residents Victimized Family Discovers Suspicious Charges Unauthorized Charges On Two Patients’ Cards Whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters a senior’s home or a senior’s room in an assisted care facility or nursing home, credit and debit cards and ATM cards, checks and entire […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unauthorized Debit Card Use Alleged Two Years Of Alleged Fraud $30,000 Charged On 76-Year-Old’s Accounts Unauthorized use of credit and debit cards is a prevalent form of financial elder abuse of the elderly.  Dishonest caregivers and others who access a senior’s cards and PIN (or create a PIN […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Costly Withdrawals From Contracts Locked Into Investment Strategies Commissions, Fees And Caps Diminish Returns Deferred annuities are long-term insurance contracts which require you to lose control over your investment, and some annuities may earn little to no interest.  If you try to exit the annuity contract, you will […]