ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unsuitable Investments For Seniors High Surrender Charges Switching Or Exchanging Annuities Can Be Costly Mistake Evans Law Firm, Inc. generally recommends against certain types of deferred annuities for older consumers because these complex, expensive insurance policies include withdrawal penalties (called surrender charges) if you need your money back. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Embezzled $2 Million Promises Of High Returns On Invested Money Offered “Investment Advisory Services”  Often it takes years for some complicated elder financial abuse schemes to unwind and be detected.  In many cases, the scheme is not discovered until the victim as died, particularly in the abuse […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Two False Claims Act Cases Settle For $4.9 Million Allegations Of Double-Billing Tests And Services Never Performed Individuals Initiated Both Cases 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. § 3729 et […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER High-Yield Investment Fraud Targeted Elderly Multi-Million Dollar Scheme Allegedly Ran or Six Years Individuals Plead Guilty To Multiple Charges Financial elder abuse may be limited to isolated transactions exploiting specific older individuals, but larger fraudulent and abusive schemes may be perpetrated on numerous elderly victims.  Seniors are often […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Was Allegedly Intoxicated Victim Confined To Wheelchair Caregiver Allegedly Passed Out After Lewd Acts Statistics show that about.83 percent of victims of elder sexual abuse reside in nursing homes or assisted care facilities.  But elderly persons under the care of in-home caregivers are also at risk of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Safely Reunite With Older Loves Ones This Holiday Tips For Entertaining Seniors Begin Or Resume An Active Role In Senior Lives Happy Fourth of July 2022!  We at Evans Law Firm, Inc. urge you to connect safely with the older loved ones, friends, and neighbors, whom you may […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Whistleblower 2021 Awards 178 Payments Total Over $36 Million Whistleblowers Collect $245 Million For Government In fiscal year 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Office made 179 award payments to whistleblowers totaling $36,144,926, according to the office’s annual report. The proceeds collected from the Whistleblower Program […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Insurance Agent Charged With Raiding Elderly Client’s Annuities Admits To Stealing $1.3 Million From 79-Year-Old Convinced Victim To Transfer Life Insurance And Retirement Accounts Financial elder abuse causes billions of dollars of losses to older Americans and their families every year.  Much financial elder abuse, like other forms […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Widespread Risk Of Elder Abuse Learn Some Warning Signs Of Elder Abuse If You Suspect Abuse, Call Counsel As many as 1 in 10 older adults is abused or neglected each year in the United States, and only 1 in 14 cases of elder abuse ever comes to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Why Nursing Homes Overmedicate Dangers of Overmedicating Laws Regulating Medications In Facilities Study results indicate that nursing homes may resort to overmedication to make it easier to manage residents. One report from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) revealed that skilled nursing facilities may disregard federal regulations […]