ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 29 Allegedly Forged Or Altered Checks Theft Took Place Over One-Year Period  Family Sues Caregiver In Civil Suit One common form of financial elder abuse occurs when caregivers or others forge or alter checks on a senior’s account.  Sometimes, the dishonest caregiver takes an entire book of checks […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Coached Victim To Call For Withdrawal Out Of State Family Members Alerted Authorities  Fraudulent Power Of Attorney Dishonest caregivers can be relentless in their efforts to steal from the elderly.  A recent case, discussed below, illustrates just how persistent a caregiver can be in taking a senior’s […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Act Action Brought By Former Employee Contractor Allegedly Misrepresented Compliance With Regulations Former Employee/Whistleblower To Receive $2.61 Million Reward  Knowing violation of the terms of a government contract or misrepresentations regarding compliance with regulations by any government contractor paid to provide products or services to the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of Altered Checks And Forgeries Relatives Report Bounced Checks For Insufficient Funds Unapproved Charges Appear On Debit Card We cannot emphasize strongly enough how important it is to keep checks and cash away from caregivers or other strangers who enter a senior’s home.  Nor can we stress […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understanding The Disadvantages Of Deferred Annuities Particular Dangers For Older Consumers Some Of The Primary Downsides Explained Evans Law Firm, Inc. generally recommends against deferred annuities for older consumers because they are expensive and complicated and because these contracts tie up a senior’s money for years. Deferred annuities […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Spotting Power Of Attorney Abuse How Agents Use POAs To Enrich Themselves Stopping And Suing For POA Abuse A power of attorney is a document authorizing one or more people (“agent(s)” or “attorney(s)-in-fact”)) to act on behalf of another (the “principal”) in financial or medical matters. Financial powers of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Two Civil Lawsuits Settled For $4 Million Company Provides Home Sleep Disorder Testing Kickbacks And Unnecessary Testing Alleged Federal law authorizes private citizens to bring suits against businesses defrauding the government. False Claims Act, (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.  Every year in this country, individuals bring […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 2021 Awards 179 Payments Total Over $36 Million Whistleblowers Collected $245 Million For Government The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Office recently released in its annual report for Fiscal Year 2021.  During 2021, the IRS made 179 award payments to whistleblowers totaling $36,144,926, according to the office’s annual […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Growing Problem Of Hospice Fraud Fraud And Patient Abuse And Neglect For-Profit Hospice Agencies Hospice fraud in the United States is an increasing problem as the number of hospice patients has exploded over the past few years. From 2004 to 2008, the number of patients receiving hospice care […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Using Power Of Attorney To Commit Fraud Using POA After Principal’s Death Remedies When POA Agents Commit Fraud Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full authority over a person’s financial affairs, and medical powers of attorney, known in California as an Advance Health Care Directives (AHCDs), grant authority […]