Category: Caregiver Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Some Resolutions For The New Year Best Wishes For A Healthy And Safe New Year The attorneys at Evans Law Firm, Inc. wish everyone the best for 2023.  At Evans Law Firm, Inc. we fight for the rights of individuals, especially the elderly, against unfair or illegal treatment […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Trustee Theft And Other Breaches Of Duty Removal And Other Remedies  Elder Abuse Act Remedies For Financial Elder Abuse Trusts are important estate planning tools to establish distribution of income and assets during life and after death.  The individual creating the trust usually acts as his or her […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 1500 Unauthorized Transactions Discovered By Authorities Caregiver Accessed Retirement, Checking And Savings Accounts Elderly Husband And Wife Suffer From Alzheimer’s Unscrupulous caregivers with access to a senior’s bank account information can, if undetected, execute unauthorized transfers and withdrawals and forge checks to drain those accounts for themselves.  Seniors […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victim Suffered From Alzheimer’s $117,000 In Suspicious Transactions In Bank Account Audit Uncovers Misuse Of Power Of Attorney Financial Powers of Attorney (POAs) grant the agent acting under them broad powers over virtually all of a principal’s financial affairs and allow access to bank accounts.  See Cal. Prob. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Family Discovers Large, Unusual Transactions Caregiver Had Senior’s Credit Card And Checks Caregivers Alleges That Senior Made Gifts To Her There is a very real danger of theft and financial elder abuse whenever a caregiver has access to a senior’s credit cards, cash, checks, or bank account information.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Arrested On 99 Felony And 11 Misdemeanor Charges Accused Of Stealing Jewelry, Money And Drugs Also Charged With Withholding Care From 44 Residents Seniors under the care of other persons are at risk of all manner of elder abuse, including financial, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse.  Often, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Hospital Patient Allegedly Victimized Charges Of Credit Card And Identity Theft And Financial Elder Abuse Families Discover Unauthorized Charges Seniors at home under the care of in-home caregivers or in care facilities or hospitals are vulnerable to financial elder abuse by those entrusted to care for them.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Arrested For Stealing Disabled Patients’ Benefits Impersonated Seven Patients To Obtain Their Government Benefits Identity Theft And Accessing Personal Information Elders and dependent adults are at risk of financial elder abuse and theft from the very persons who are entrusted to care for them.  Sometimes the theft […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Two Caregivers Charged With Theft And Financial Elder Abuse Accusations Of Numerous Forged Checks And Credit Card Charges Families Discover Account Irregularities Unscrupulous caregivers with access to a senior’s bank accounts, checks, checkbook or checking account statements, or any other accounts, ATM cards, credit cards or any financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 100,000 Complaints Of Financial Elder Abuse In 2020 FBI Froze $13.5 Million Before Victims Lost To Fraud Assisted Care Residents Particularly Vulnerable In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) brought more than 220 criminal and civil enforcement actions covering almost 20 […]