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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Older Persons Suffer Abuse in Mendocino County Growing Incidences of Financial Elder Abuse in Rural Areas Evans Law Firm Represents Victims Seniors in rural areas throughout California and here in Mendocino County are as at risk of financial elder abuse and other forms of elder abuse as are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Greedy Caregivers Strike Quickly Seizing Accessible Cash And ATM Cards Hiding Bank Statements To Cover Up Theft Anytime a stranger enters the home of an elderly person, there is a risk of financial elder abuse. Caregivers especially have access to everything in an elder individual’s home and time […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Individual Whistleblowers Essential To Enforcement  $62 Billion Has Been Recovered Through Private Whistleblowers Since 1986  Whistleblower Rewards Average 20% Of Recoveries  The modern-day Federal False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C.§ 3729 et seq., and its qui tam whistleblower provisions (The term for individual whistleblower suits) grew largely out […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Increased Isolation And Financial Abuse Caregivers Can Be Predators  Napa Caregiver Registration Authorities from around the country are reporting record spikes in financial elder abuse cases during the pandemic. Financial elder abuse is also on the rise here in Napa.  Periods of high unemployment and economic downturn such […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Churchgoers Swindled Out Of Millions Older Church Members Encouraged To Cash Out Other Investments  $3.5 Million Taken In Scheme Financial elder abuse can come from different actors and from different directions.  Sometimes, the predator is an individual in whom the victims have a great amount of trust, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Free Lunch Seminars and Ads Push “Financial Strategies” If It Sounds Too Good To Be True, It Usually Is Take Your Time and Do Your Homework Older adults are too often the targets of annuity salespeople intent on earning a sales commission.  Sales tactics include free lunch or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Incidents of Financial Elder Abuse Spiking in Los Angeles Most Reported Cases Include Both Physical and Financial Elder Abuse  Indicators of Possible Financial Abuse The United States has been plagued for decades by the epidemic of elder abuse.  The COVID-19 pandemic has only made matters far worse – […]