Category: Bay Area

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Beware Annuity Scams Agents Target Seniors Salesmen masquerading as “advisors” or “planners” run annuity scams every day in this country. Their favorite targets are seniors. Seniors make up 30 percent of fraud victims, according to consumer advocacy groups and we suspect the percentage would be much higher if […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Signs of Financial Elder Abuse What to Look For Sadly, financial elder abuse has become a real epidemic in this country. As financial elder abuse lawyers at Evans Law Firm we see cases of financial elder abuse every day. More and more financial elder abuse stories are appearing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A Sad Tale of Financial Elder Abuse Financial Elder Abuse In this day in age, nobody is a stranger to financial elder abuse. Whether it has happened to you, someone you care about, or someone you distantly know, financial elder abuse happens daily, yet can look very different […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER FINRA Cracking Down on Bad Brokers Cracking Down on Exploitation The financial industry continues housecleaning with a tough new approach toward brokers with a record of customer disputes. The financial industry largely polices itself through the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Last week, FINRA announced plans to crack […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Within Families Financial Elder Abuse Close to Home Financial elder abuse plagues seniors throughout this country, the State of California and right here in San Francisco. In a recent case, an elderly couple gave their daughter Power of Attorney over their financial affairs. Within a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Reverse Mortgage Lender Settles for $89 Million in Whistleblower Case Recently, a large reverse mortgage lender settled a whistleblower case alleging violations of the False Claims Act and Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA). The lender allegedly sold reverse mortgage loans insured by the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Why You Should Think Twice About Annuities Annuities Annuities are a hot topic these days as one of our largest generations ages into retirement. The big question that they seem to have is: how do I ensure that I will not outlive my money? That is, how do […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Abuse A Growing Crime Against Elders Abuse By The Numbers To think of one elder being abused is gut-wrenching, the total numbers even more so. Elder abuse has become an epidemic in this country. The number of elders being abuse is estimated at around 2.5 million every single […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Holistic Retirement Planning Planning for Tomorrow Twenty-first Century life is ever more caught up in the moment; it’s a Snapchat/Instagram world shared in a succession of moments. But the moments add up to hours and days and years, the years to decades. Before you know it, you’re caught […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Whistleblower Reveals Hedge Fund Tax Fraud Massive Tax Fraud and Multiple False Claims Tax fraud ranges from cheating on a 1040 to massive tax avoidance schemes, often offshore, amounting to the tens of millions. One whistleblower (also known as a “relator” under some statutes) has blown the […]