Category: Caregiver Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Always Do A Background Check  Secure Credit Card, Valuables And Important Information And Papers Monitor Transactions And Check All Accounts Regularly Caregiver theft is unfortunately one of the most common concerns before hiring in-home care. Based on years of financial elder abuse litigation experience at Evans Law Firm, Inc., […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Stole Thousands Over Four-Year Period ATM Video Camera Catches Withdrawals Family Discovers 34 Unauthorized Allegedly Written By Caregiver There are a variety of fact patterns in financial elder abuse cases – predators on the elderly range from longtime advisors to strangers.  The failing capacity of the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Arrests Nursing Home Business Officer And Aide  Access To Resident Financial Accounts Pair Allegedly Stole From 11 Residents All too frequently we read news stories of nursing home residents suffering from physical or sexual abuse, neglect or abandonment. Often the abuse and neglect result in death of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Stole Elderly Man’s Credit Card Wheelchair-Bound Elderly Man Reports Theft Four, Large Unauthorized Charges In One Day An elderly person’s cash and credit cards can disappear in minutes if an unscrupulous caregiver or stranger enters the elder’s home and has access to a wallet or purse.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Stole $315,000 From 92-Year-Old Woman Forged Checks And Unauthorized Use Of Debit Card Charges Caregiver Sentenced To Five Year Prison Sentence Whenever a caregiver or stranger enters a failing senior’s home, there’s a risk of theft and financial elder abuse.  The theft may be a quick […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Charges Of Theft In Orange And Riverside Counties Multiple Investigations Under Way Theft Of Cash From Another Victim In-home caregivers have access to a senior’s jewelry, cash, valuables, credit cards, bank accounts and important papers unless you keep them out of reach. They also have access to a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Safely Reunite With Older Loves Ones This Holiday A Year Of Extreme Difficulty For Seniors Safely Resume An Active Role In Senior Lives Happy Fourth of July 2021!  This year’s Fourth will certainly be closer to normal than last year’s and we at Evans Law Firm, Inc. urge […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Jewelry Theft Caught On In-Home Camera Elderly Victim Goes To Police Thought She Could Trust Her Therapist We cannot stress enough that seniors are potential victims of financial elder abuse whenever a stranger or caregiver enters their home.  Experience shows that cash, jewelry, keepsakes, checkbooks, credit cards, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 78-Year-Old Dementia Victim Suffered Physical and Financial Elder Abuse Hospital Notifies Police San Francisco Sees Increase In Elder Abuse Cases Cases of reported elder and dependent adult abuse have jumped 18-20% year over year in San Francisco since 2017 according to the Family Violence Council in San Francisco. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 74-Year-Old Widower And Dementia Sufferer Loses $5 Million Stranger Allegedly Completed More Than 120 Fraudulent Transactions Filled Suitcase With Stolen Cash And Sold Victim’s Home Financial elder abuse of seniors is a real problem throughout the State of California. Sometimes, the theft is relatively small, but often, if […]