Yearly Archives: 2024

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unauthorized Bank Card Use 130 Fraudulent Purchases Alleged  $25,000 In Charges In Four Months Unauthorized card purchases and ATM withdrawals are prevalent forms of such abuse. Dishonest caregivers and others who access a senior’s cards and PIN (or create a PIN through phone or online account access) can […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $1 Million Missing From Victim’s Trust  Multiple Check Forgeries Alleged Unlicensed Caregiver Reportedly Had Prior Criminal Record As many as one in 10 seniors are victims of financial elder abuse, according to the FBI and National Institute of Justice, and their financial predators are most often caregivers or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How Agents Steal From Seniors By POA Case Example Of Large Theft By POA Legal Consequences For Agent Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full legal authority over a person’s financial affairs, unless the POA expressly limits the appointed agent’s power in some way.  The scope of the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Is Rising Dramatically How To Protect Senior Loved Ones Remedies For Financial Elder Abuse Seniors at every economic level, rich or poor, married or single, male or female, straight or LGBTQIA+ are potential victims of financial elder abuse.  Financial abuse of older Americans has grown […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Of Alleged Abuse Home Director Accused Of Cover-Up Abuse Reported By Victim’s Daughter Stories of intentional abuse of nursing home residents are especially heartbreaking.  In one case reported earlier this year and discussed below, the daughter of an elderly nursing home resident found her mother covered […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Physicians Allegedly Paid For Referrals Disguised Kickback Payments Former Vice President Blew Whistle Private citizens help the government recover billions of dollars every year in cases of fraud against the government.  The cases are brought in federal courts throughout the country under the False Claims Act, (“FCA”), 31 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Locked In Contracts For Years No Control Over Investments Commissions, Fees And Administrative Costs As an industry saying goes, “Annuities are sold, not bought.” Don’t be one of the people who gets sold. Deferred annuities are long-term insurance contracts which require you to lose control over your investment, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Victim Suffers Financial And Physical Abuse Caregiver Accused Of Assaulting Elderly Patient Protecting Older Loved Ones Physical abuse or neglect of an elder is often coupled with financial abuse, as the allegations in one reported case, discussed below, reveal.  Greedy caregivers, intent on stealing a senior or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Many Forms Of Elder Abuse What To Look For Keeping Older Loved Ones Safe The National Council on Aging says up to five million older Americans are abused yearly, and the annual loss by victims of financial elder abuse is estimated to be at least $36.5 billion. Elder abuse can […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Four-Year Old $236 Million Settlement Two Private Citizens Blew Whistle On Fraud Appeals Court Holds Whistleblowers Entitled To Reward Private citizens help the government recover billions of dollars every year in cases of fraud against the government.  The cases are brought in federal courts throughout the country under […]