ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Physical And Financial Abuse Of The Same Victim Case Example Remedies For Victims And Families Sadly, incidents of caregiver abuse and caregiver fraud often involve both physical abuse or neglect and financial elder abuse.  Indeed, physical abuse or neglect of a senior can be part of a financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Theft From Seniors By Misuse of Powers of Attorney Case Example Remedies For Victims Financial powers of attorney (POAs) are important legal instruments that 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Entrusted To Pay Victim’s Bills Unpaid Rent Leads To Eviction Caregiver Allegedly Stole Thousands All seniors are potential victims of financial elder abuse, but isolated seniors living under the care of in-home caregivers are sadly particularly at risk. Caregiver fraud/caregiver theft is a recurring form of elder […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Misuse of Financial Power of Attorney $400,000 Allegedly Taken From 87-Year-Old Victim Remedies For Victims Financial powers of attorney (POAs) are important legal instruments that 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Reported Case Example Of Caregiver Theft/Caregiver Fraud Unauthorized Online Transfers And Account Access Protecting Seniors For Financial Elder Abuse And Caregiver Fraud Unauthorized online money transfers are a common form of financial elder abuse perpetrated on older persons. Dishonest persons working for seniors in their homes as caregivers […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Illegal Kickbacks Alleged Pharmaceutical Company Agrees To Pay $60,000,000 To Settle Claims  How Whistleblower Cases Work Healthcare providers and drug and medical device manufacturers in the U.S., including pharmaceutical companies, sellers of medical products and devices, physicians, medical labs, and hospitals and clinics, are subject to a number […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Theft From Seniors By Misuse of Powers of Attorney Case Example Remedies For Victims Financial powers of attorney (POAs) are important legal instruments that 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 […]

Evans Law Firm, Inc. is proud to announce that the firm’s founder, Ingrid M. Evans, has once again been selected for inclusion in Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers .®  First published in 2007, Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers ® uses a combination of independent journalistic research and peer review to select […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Entrusted To Pay Victim’s Bills  Unpaid Rent Leads To Eviction Caregiver Allegedly Stole Thousands  While most financial elder abuse starts out relatively small, the amounts stolen grow over time as the predator gets away with his or her theft. Left undetected, financial elder abuse can go on […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregivers Accused Of Stealing Millions Family of Deceased 91-Year-Old Sues Millionaire Had Only $200 Left At Death Caregiver theft from older persons ranges from petty theft of less than $100 here and there to grand scale theft of everything a senior has. A recent case in San Francisco, […]