Category: California Financial Elder Abuse Attorney

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Senior Victim Of Caregiver Fraud Caregiver Entrusted To Pay Senior’s Bills Unauthorized Card Charges And Overdrawn Account Never hand an ATM/debit card or credit card to a caregiver and ask them to go get cash or make purchases. Never give out any PIN numbers. Never give a caregiver […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Of Caregiver Fraud Monitoring Senior’s Accounts Caught Theft Protecting Seniors From Financial Elder Abuse And Caregiver Fraud Fraud on seniors by their paid in-home caregivers (referred to as “caregiver fraud”) is a recurring form of financial elder abuse. Whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Durable Powers Of Attorney Grant Authority Over All Finances Inherent Risk Of Power Of Attorney Abuse Powers Of Attorney And Financial Elder Abuse Powers of Attorney (POAs) are important estate planning documents that grant the agent appointed under the POA full legal authority to act for the principal […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER All Seniors Potential Victims Of Financial Elder Abuse How To Protect Senior Loved Ones Remedies For Financial Elder Abuse Seniors at every economic level, rich or poor, married or single, male or female, straight or LGBTQIA+ are potential victims of financial elder abuse. Often, the financial abuser is […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $35,000 Allegedly Stolen From Elderly Couple Husband And Wife Both Wheelchair-Bound Protecting Older Loved Ones Access to confidential financial information is frequently the means by which dishonest caregivers and others steal from elderly people. We at Evans Law Firm, Inc. see these kinds of financial elder abuse cases […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Redirected Senior’s Pension Benefits Benefit Profiles Changed Online Protecting Older Loved Ones  Dishonest caregivers with internet access may gain access to a senior’s pension or Social Security benefit profiles with just a few pieces of important information like the senior’s date of birth and Social Security […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Woman Removed From Assisted Care Facility Caregiver Allegedly Added Her Name To Victim’s Accounts Family Notified Authorities Of Account Changes According to FBI and National Institute of Justice statistics, as many as one in 10 seniors are victims of financial elder abuse. Their financial predators are most […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  Case Example Fraudulent Credit Card Use Alleged Protecting Seniors From Caregiver Fraud/Financial Elder Abuse Any senior is vulnerable to financial elder abuse whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters their home for any period of time. While many caregivers are hardworking, compassionate people who truly care for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Reported Case Example Victims’ Families Noticed Unauthorized Charges Protecting Seniors From Financial Elder Abuse Stealing a senior’s debit or credit cards and making unauthorized charges is a common form of financial elder abuse.  This can happen to seniors living in their own homes or in care facilities. Whenever […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER POAs Grant Vast Authority To Appointed Agents Risk Of POA Abuse  Remedies For POA Abuse Powers of Attorney (POAs) are important estate planning documents that grant the agent appointed under the POA full legal authority to act for the principal who executes the POA.  There are powers of […]