Yearly Archives: 2024

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Accused Of Unauthorized Use Seniors’ Debit Card Withdrawals Recorded On Surveillance Cameras Remedies For Seniors And Their Families Unauthorized use of seniors’ credit and debit cards is a common type of fraud perpetrated on seniors by dishonest caregivers or other strangers with access to an elderly person’s cards.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Diagnostic Laboratory Kickback Scheme Alleged $1.3 Million Settlement How Qui Tam Cases Begin Fraud against the government costs taxpayers billions every year and the majority of fraudulent claims submitted to the government for payment arise from the healthcare sector.  To combat this fraud, private citizens help the government […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Deferred Annuities Are Not For Seniors Costly, Complex Contracts Withdrawals Penalties, Commissions And Fees Evans Law Firm, Inc. generally recommends against certain types of deferred annuities for older consumers because these complex, expensive insurance policies may tie up a senior’s money for years and impose significant penalties if […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Stole Checkbook 680,000 Claims Of Check Fraud Annually Nationwide Remedies For Seniors And Their Families Stolen and forged checks is a recurring form of financial elder abuse.  We have seen many cases where a dishonest caregiver, stepchild, “friend,” or other person with access to an older […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Improper Claims For Payments Allegedly Submitted $7 Million Settlement Whistleblower To Receive Over $1.2 Million Reward Fraud against the government costs taxpayers billions every year and the majority of fraudulent claims submitted to the government for payment arise from the healthcare sector.  To combat this fraud, private citizens […]

Evans Law Firm, Inc. is proud to announce that the firm’s founder, Ingrid M. Evans, has once again been selected for inclusion in Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers.®  First published in 2007, Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers ® uses a combination of independent journalistic research and peer review to select […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Deferred Annuities Are Not For Seniors Costly, Complex Contracts Withdrawals Penalties, Commissions And Fees Deferred annuities are contracts where the policy holder makes an upfront premium payment in exchange for an income stream in years to come.  The concept sounds simple enough but in fact deferred annuities, like […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $1 Million Missing From Elder’s Accounts Fraudulent Checks And Phony “Gifts” Remedies For Seniors And Their Families Older persons lose more than $3 billion annually as a result of financial elder abuse, according to FBI and National Institute of Justice statistics. The true figure is likely much, much […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Goes On Spree With Seniors’ Debit Card 15 Unauthorized Charges Alleged Remedies For Seniors And Their Families Unauthorized use of seniors’ credit and debit cards is a common type of fraud perpetrated on seniors by dishonest caregivers or other strangers with access to an elderly person’s […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Professor’s Estate Left To Wife’s Caregiver Estate Attorneys Claim Coercion And Undue Influence Protecting Older Loved Ones Isolated seniors are vulnerable to financial exploitation from many directions.  Such isolated older persons are particularly vulnerable to financial exploitation by caregivers.  The exploitation can be relatively minor in monetary terms […]