ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 81-Year-Old Victim Victim Entrusted Caregiver To Pay His Bills Authorities Allege Caregiver Stole Thousands The consequences of financial elder abuse on senior victims can be devastating.  Some elderly victims are driven to the brink of homelessness due to lack of funds to pay their rent.  There are instances […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Victim Suffers Financial And Physical Abuse Caregiver Accused Of Assaulting Elderly Patient Protecting Older Loved Ones Physical abuse or neglect of an elder is often coupled with financial abuse, as the allegations in one reported case, discussed below, reveal.  Greedy caregivers, intent on stealing a senior or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Deferred Annuities Pose Problems For Seniors Penalties For Exiting From Policies Fees, Participation Rates And Caps Whenever an insurance agent or financial advisor of any kind suggests an indexed annuity for you, be wary, especially if you are retired or nearing retirement.  Indexed annuities, like most deferred annuities, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $30.9 Million Verdict Against For-Profit Nursing Home Stage IV Pressure Wound Lead To Death Alleged Understaffing To Blame Older persons are at risk of physical and emotional abuse, neglect, and abandonment by in-home caregivers and also in nursing homes and assisted care facilities  See Cal. Welf. & Inst. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $2 Million Missing From Seniors’ Accounts Promises Of High Returns Enticed Older Investors Money Transferred To Advisor’s Personal Accounts Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents seniors themselves who are victims of financial elder abuse and the children or other family of deceased seniors who have been financially exploited.  Often […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cross-Selling of Reverse Mortgages and Annuities Illegal Beware of Pressure Tactics Remedies For Injured Seniors Bay Area seniors are often approached to take out reverse mortgages on their homes.  Often, these individuals have substantial equity and significant appreciation in home value but reduced income following retirement (you have […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Contract Expenses And Fees Withdrawal Penalties Make Exiting Contracts Costly Not FDIC Insured 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 impose significant penalties if you […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Stark Law Violations Alleged Government Alleges Illegal Downstream Referrals Former Chief Financial Officer Blew Whistle Private citizens help the government recover billions of dollars every year in cases of fraud against the government.  The cases are brought in federal courts throughout the country under the False Claims Act, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Two Arrested For Felony Abuse Following Routine Search Elderly Victim Living In Squalor Appalling Conditions In Victim’s Home Sadly, seniors under in-home care are at risk of physical and emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and abandonment even though they are paying for their care.  See Cal. Welf. & […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors Defrauded By Life Insurance Agents Case Examples Protecting Older Loved Ones Seniors may be victims of financial elder abuse from different directions – by caregivers, trustees, financial advisers, and life insurance agents, among others.  Obviously, all of these professions serve a useful purpose and the people who […]