ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Deferred Annuities Are Expensive, Complicated Insurance Policies Hidden Dangers For Seniors Especially Penalties For Getting Out Of An Annuity Deferred annuities are contracts between you and an insurance company. You pay for the annuity through a lump sum or payments over time, and at some future date the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Calls To Improve The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 FIRREA Whistleblower Settlements Recover $19.9 Billion For Government Increasing Rewards For Successful Whistleblowers  The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (“FIRREA”), 12 U.S.C. § 1833a et seq., and Financial Institutions Anti-Fraud Enforcement […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Former Employee Blows Whistle On Telemedicine Fraud  Criminal And Civil Prosecution Of Wrongdoers Defendants Allegedly Submitted $400 Million In False Claims  The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that the owner of a medical device maker has agreed to resolve criminal charges and civil claims arising out of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse In Insurance Sales Sales Tactics And Insurance Contracts As Forms Of Financial Elder Abuse Disastrous Replacement Transactions Financial elder abuse comes in various forms and from different sources.  One of the most pernicious and financially disastrous can be in the form of unsuitable insurance products, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Protecting The State’s Most Vulnerable Med-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse Unit Strengthened California DOJ:  Operation SAFE (Stop Abuse and Fraud of Elders) Evans Law Firm, Inc. is a plaintiff’s litigation law firm.  We represent individuals here in California who have suffered injury, especially older Californians who have been […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Carriers Pay Large Commissions On Annuity Sales High-Pressure Sales Tactics And Anxiety About The Economy Dangers In Replacing Existing Contracts Financial advisors and insurance agents often capitalize on the anxiety older persons have about the economy and whether they will have enough money to live on in the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of Unlawful Kickbacks Free Trips to Golf Tournaments and the Kentucky Derby Whistleblowers Will Receive Share of Settlement In order to protect all of us from medical services or care procured by health care providers paying kickbacks for referrals, federal law prohibits such conduct.  See Anti-Kickback Statute, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Is A Crime Regardless Of The Amount Stolen Older Persons Subjected To Abuse Have Much Higher Mortality Rates Financial Abuse Brings Emotional and Physical Toll Too When a celebrity is subject to financial elder abuse, news outlets rush to cover the story, whether the victim […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors Suffering During The Pandemic The Hidden Reality of Elder Abuse What Protections You Can Still Take During The Pandemic The ongoing pandemic has left seniors more isolated and at risk of abuse than every before. The statistics are bearing that out as county after county throughout California, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unsuitable Insurance and Risky Investments Exploitation of Anxiety Over Low Bank Interest and Increasing Cost of Living Promoters of Risky Investment Opportunities For every reported case of older adult abuse, 24 cases go unreported.  Elder abuse can be financial, physical, emotional, or sexual, and can also include neglect […]