Category: California Financial Elder Abuse Attorney

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Housekeeper Arrested For Jewelry Theft Elderly Victim Used Online Service To Hire Multiple Pieces Of Jewelry Missing In Four Days Anytime a dishonest stranger enters a senior’s home, there is a real danger that things will go missing – cash, checks, credit and ATM cards, jewelry, and other […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Long Term Contracts With Surrender Penalties Loss Of Investment Control High Fees And Low Returns Fixed indexed annuities (FIAs) and other deferred annuities are long-term, complex insurance policies which require you to lose control over your investment.  Seniors and those close to retirement are often targeted by insurance […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 6 ½ Year Prison Sentence Close To $6 Million Stolen From Three Older Clients Money Spent On Extramarital Affairs Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents senior victims of financial elder abuse in San Francisco and throughout California, and pursues all remedies including double damages and payment of attorneys’ fees […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Used Power Of Attorney To Steal Millions Victim Did Not Live To See Sentencing Five Year Prison Sentence And Restitution To Estate Financial predators take advantage of elderly persons whether they are rich or poor, man or woman, living at home or residing in care facilities.  Financial predators […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Business Manager Pleads Guilty To Theft Wrote Checks Off Resident Account False Entries On Nursing Home Books Seniors residing in assisted care or skilled nursing facilities face the same risk of financial elder abuse by dishonest staff members as seniors living at home do from dishonest […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Broker Pleads Guilty To Writing Checks To Himself Opened Credit Cards In Senior’s Name Five-Years Probation And Full Restitution Ordered Financial advisors and stockbrokers are potential financial predators of senior citizens.  While financial exploitation seems most often to occur when a “new” broker or advisor targets an elderly […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Misuse Of Power Of Attorney Victim Recent Widow And Dementia Sufferer Allegedly Took $450,000 From Victim Recently widowed seniors are especially vulnerable to financial elder abuse by all manner of financial predators.  If the recently widowed senior also suffers from dementia, the risk is even greater.  Financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Sentenced To 51 Months In Prison Other Examples Of Financial Elder Abuse Protecting Older Loved Ones From Financial Abuse Financial abuse of elders and dependent adults is a widespread and growing plague in America and the potential financial predators seem to be everywhere – caregivers, insurance agents, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Now Deceased Victim Lived In Care Facility Money Spent On Vacations And Personal Expenses Of Agent Care Facility Bills Unpaid At Victim’s Death The potential for abuse of a Power of Attorney (POA) is always present because the Attorney-in-Fact’s authority extends to almost every form of financial and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Person Claims Attorney-in-Fact Misused POA Principal Seeks $891,000 In Damages Wants Title To Home Restored Powers of attorney (POAs) are significant legal instruments which grant appointed agents full legal authority to act for the principal who executes the POA.  The person appointed under the POA is called […]