Category: Caregiver Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Professor’s Estate Left To Wife’s Caregiver Estate Attorneys Claim Coercion And Undue Influence Protecting Older Loved Ones Isolated seniors are vulnerable to financial exploitation from many directions.  Such isolated older persons are particularly vulnerable to financial exploitation by caregivers.  The exploitation can be relatively minor in monetary terms […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Takes $30 Million Estate Attorneys Claim Coercion And Undue Influence Protecting Older Loved Ones Isolated seniors are vulnerable to financial exploitation from many directions.  Such isolated older persons are particularly vulnerable to financial exploitation by caregivers.  The exploitation can be relatively minor in monetary terms in some […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Stolen Identities Of Patients Alleged Victim’s Family Spots Unauthorized Transactions Protecting Older Loved Ones Unauthorized purchases and unauthorized online access to a senior’s bank accounts are recurring forms of financial elder abuse.  We at Evans Law Firm, Inc. see these kind of financial elder abuse cases practically every […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER U.S. Treasury Department Unit Releases Report $27 Billion In Elder Financial Suspicious Activities Protecting Older Loved Ones Recent statistics, released by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and discussed below, indicate that the financial toll of financial elder abuse is possibly as much as $27 billion annually. All […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Forged Checks Alleged Preventing Financial Elder Abuse Financial elder abuse is a tragic and enormous problem in this country.  Older persons lose more than $3 billion annually as a result of financial elder abuse, according to FBI and National Institute of Justice statistics. The true figure […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Abuser Opened Joint Bank Account With VIctim Abuser Allegedly Withdrew 100% of Funds In Four Months Protecting Older Loved Ones Seniors are at risk of being financially exploited from many directions, including at the hands of dishonest in-home caregivers, stepchildren, second spouses, “friends” and others.  The methods for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 82-Year-Old Victim POA Allegedly Transferred Thousands To His Own Accounts Remedies For Injured Seniors 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 over medical decisions and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Dishonest Caregivers With Access To Checks Stolen And Forged Checks Alleged How To Help Protect Older Loved Ones While all seniors are potential victims of financial elder abuse, those who are alone and under the care of an in-home caregiver or employing a non-medical assistant are particularly at […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victim Reportedly isolated Herself From Others Reverse Mortgage And Other Tricks Used To Gain Control Victim Estranged From Family At End of Life Many California seniors live in homes whose value has increased enormously over the years at the same time that their income is stagnant.  Some of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Accused Of Stealing Over $35,000 From Elderly Couple Husband And Wife Both Wheelchair-Bound Protecting Older Loved Ones Access to sensitive financial information is fre4quently the means by which dishonest caregivers and others steal from elderly people.  We at Evans Law Firm, Inc. see these kind of financial elder […]