Yearly Archives: 2023

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Abuse Of Resident Caught On Tape Aide Pleads Guilty To Intentional Abuse Sentenced To One Year In Prison Sadly, dementia patients in nursing homes and assisted care facilities are at risk of intentional physical abuse by aides and staff in the very facilities where families expect their afflicted […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Former Accounts Manager Blows Whistle Defendant Allegedly Failed To Abide By Price Reduction Clause Realtors Will Receive $437,500 Reward The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., allows individuals with knowledge of fraud against the federal government to initiate actions on behalf of the government […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Attorneys-in-Fact Have Broad Powers How That Power Is Abused Remedies For Senior Victims Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full authority over a person’s financial affairs. Medical powers of attorney, known in California as an Advance Health Care Directives (AHCDs), grant authority over medical decisions and health care […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Theft From Victim And His Foundation $287,000 Missing According To Authorities Small Checks At Beginning Access to any older person’s financial accounts seems to be an almost irresistible temptation for dishonest caregivers, particularly if the older person is suffering from dementia or so elderly that they are […]

Ingrid M. Evans, of Evans Law Firm, Inc., has been selected as a 2023 AV Preeminent Attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, America’s leading lawyer directory which has been evaluating lawyers through a peer review system since 1887.  Ingrid’s AV Preeminent ranking is the highest peer rating awarded by Martindale-Hubbell.  The fact that […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Was “Friend” Who Started Assisting Senior Daily Used Senior’s Credit Cards To Run Errands Guardian Reports Suspicious Charges To Police Isolated seniors are the most vulnerable to financial abuse because they have no one to watch over their accounts and help them keep track of their money. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Had Senior’s Power Of Attorney And Stood To Inherit Estate Allegedly Laced Peanut Butter With Trazodone Police Find Drug-Laced Peanut Butter Financial elder abuse of seniors by dishonest in-home caregivers runs the gamut from petty theft to attempts to take everything the senior owns.  Common modes of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER FCA Settlements And Judgments Exceed $2 Billion 351 Settlements And Judgments For Year Total Recovered By FCA Cases Now Total Over $72 Billion Federal law authorizes private citizens to bring suits against businesses and individuals believed to be defrauding the government. False Claims Act, (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Bank Teller Created False Counter Checks On Senior’s Account Embezzled Over $349,000 Relative Of Victim Discovers Fraud Seniors are at risk of financial elder abuse from all corners of their lives.  Dishonest in-home caregivers and nursing home aides, bookkeepers, insurance agents, trustees, brokers, strangers, contractors and, as a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Three Months Of Alleged Theft By Attorney-in-Fact Principal Was In Mental Health Facility Money Allegedly Used For Gambling, Hotel Stays And New Car Misuse of Powers of Attorney (POAs) is always against the law.  Probate Code § 4231.5.  But when the principal is an elder or dependent adult, […]