Yearly Archives: 2024

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Kickbacks Allegedly Disguised As Consulting Fees Marketers And Physicians Settle Allegations How Qui Tam Cases Work Healthcare providers in the U.S., including hospitals and clinics, are subject to a number of statutes to prevent any fraudulent billing under government programs like Medicare and Medicaid.  One important such law […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Accused Of Stealing Identities Of Care Home Residents Family Of 82-Year-Old Victim Notices Unauthorized Transactions Protecting Older Loved Ones And Pursuing Remedies Unauthorized purchases and unauthorized online access to a senior’s bank accounts are recurring forms of financial elder abuse.  We at Evans Law Firm, Inc. see these […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Neglect And Abuse Nursing Home Abuse Settlements Remedies For Injured Seniors And Families Sadly, seniors under in-home care or residing in nursing homes or assisted care facilities are at risk of physical and emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and abandonment.  See Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unauthorized Debit Card Use 130 Fraudulent Purchases Alleged Remedies For Injured Seniors Any wrongful taking of a senior’s property, or any assistance in that taking by a friend or spouse of the dishonest caregiver, constitutes financial elder abuse and grounds for civil liability of the person doing the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER City Commissioner Accused Of Financial Elder Abuse Alleged Exploitation of Local Senior Remedies For Injured Seniors 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 medical […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Complicated Long-Term Insurance Policies Getting Your Money Back Is Costly Commissions, Annual Fees And Low Returns 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Security Benefit Life Insurance Company Total Value Annuities (TVAs) The life insurance and annuity attorneys at Evans Law Firm, Inc. represent California clients who have suffered losses on all types of life insurance and annuity contracts, including indexed annuities and equity indexed universal life insurance. Indexed annuities are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Over $1 Million Missing From Senior’s Bank Accounts Large “Gifts” And Multiple Fraudulent Checks Alleged Remedies For Seniors And Their Families As many as one in 10 vulnerable adults are potential targets, according to federal officials, and their financial predators are most often caregivers or other persons with […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Couple Defrauded By In-Home Caregiver Forgeries And Other Crimes Unauthorized Online Transfers From Couple’s Bank Accounts Allowing strangers in your home is never a good idea.  Particularly if you’re an older person who lives alone.  Whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters an isolated senior’s home […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER High Fees And Complex Rules Withdrawal Penalties Unfavorable Interest Crediting Formulas Evans Law Firm, Inc. generally recommends against certain types of deferred annuities especially for seniors because these complex insurance policies carry high fees, lack transparency and are illiquid. The contracts are illiquid because during the so-called “surrender […]