ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Complex, Costly Insurance Contracts Locked In By High Exit Costs Investment Risk Is Not Insured Against By FDIC 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER CFTC Recently Awards $8 Million To Whistleblower Cases Start With An Anonymous Tip From Whistleblower Fraud In Commodities and Futures Trading The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) oversees trading in derivatives, commodities, options, futures, swaps, and currencies.  See Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Attorneys’ Fees In False Claims Cases Fees In Addition To Claim Settlement How Qui Tam Cases Work Private citizens and businesses help the government recover billions every year in cases of fraud against the government. The private citizens and businesses assisted the government in recovering these funds by […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Criminal Elder Abuse Felony Elder Abuse How To Protect Older Loved Ones One of the most pressing concerns for seniors is elder abuse. As many as 5 million older Americans experience abuse every year, according to the National Council on Aging.  (That number could in reality be much […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program Program Under Department Of Justice Criminal Division Rewards Of Up To 30% Of Forfeitures On August 1, 2024, the United States Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division launched the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (the Program), to offer whistleblower awards for reports of corporate misconduct. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Complicated And Costly Insurance Policies Penalties For Getting Your Money Back 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How Cases Work Examples Of Government Fraud Retaliation Against Whistleblowers Prohibited Private citizens and businesses help the government recover billions every year in cases of fraud against the government. The private citizens and businesses assisted the government in recovering these funds by bringing civil lawsuits on behalf of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Victim Resided In Care Facility Suspect Employed As Facility Chaplain Protecting Older Loved Ones U.S. Department of Justice statistics show that 20,000 incidents of sexual abuse, assault and rape in nursing homes have been reported to the authorities over the last two decades, and the numbers are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Claims of Fraud And Financial Elder Abuse Hundreds Of Thousands Paid In Fees Protecting Older Persons From Fraud Greedy financial advisors may prey upon an older person’s anxiety about money for the future by offering bogus “opportunities” promising high returns or unsuitable life insurance plans that generate substantial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Claims of Coercion, Fraud And Financial Elder Abuse Presley’s Lawsuit Seeks Over $1 Million In Damages Protecting Older Persons From Fraud While often the financial predators of seniors are newcomers in their lives or even total strangers, seniors may also be victims of financial elder abuse from those […]