Category: Elder Financial Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Theft From Seniors By Misuse of Powers of Attorney Case Example Remedies For Victims Financial powers of attorney (POAs) are important legal instruments that grant full legal authority over a person’s financial affairs, unless the POA expressly limits the appointed agent’s power in some way. The scope of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Thousands Missing From Victim’s Accounts Evicted For Unpaid Rent While most financial elder abuse starts out relatively small, the amounts stolen grow over time as the predator gets away with his or her theft. Left undetected, financial elder abuse can go on for years but for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Penalized For Getting Your Money Back Contact Fees And Caps On Returns Resist Aggressive Sales Tactics Indexed annuities, like most deferred annuities, are long-term insurance contracts that promise to pay income in the future but impose penalties, known as surrender charges, if you need your money before the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Victim Suffers Physical And Financial Abuse Theft And Assault Alleged Protecting Seniors Sadly, seniors are often abused or neglected by those closest to them, including those paid to care for them in their homes. Where a dishonest caregiver is after a patient’s money, actually caring for that […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Thousands Allegedly Spent On Online Gambling $160,000 Missing From 85-Year-Old Victim’s Accounts Protecting Older Loved Ones Online account access and unauthorized use of debit and credit cards are two of the most widely seen kinds of theft from older persons.  The perpetrator of such theft is often a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Couple Defrauded By In-Home Caregiver Forgeries And Other Crimes Unauthorized Online Transfers From Couple’s Bank Accounts Allowing strangers in your home is never a good idea.  Particularly if you’re an older person who lives alone.  Whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters an isolated senior’s home […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How Powers Of Attorney Are Used To Steal From Seniors Case Example Remedies For Victim’s Heirs Individuals with financial powers of attorney (POAs) for someone else have full legal authority over that person’s financial affairs, unless the instrument limits their power in some way. The scope of the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Of Alleged Caregiver Fraud Authorities Say Caregiver Had Prior Criminal History Family Detects Fraud After Loved One’s Death Financial elder abuse has become a national epidemic. As many as one in 10 vulnerable adults are potential targets, according to federal officials, and their financial predators are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Sentence For Falsifying Caregiver Time Records 94-Year-Old Victim Protecting Older Loved Ones And Pursuing Remedies Falsification of time sheets by paid caregivers is one of the ways dishonest caregivers financially exploit older persons. Altering their paychecks to make them greater is another.  Using debit and credit cards repeatedly […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Broad Authority Given to POAs/Agents How That Authority Is Abused 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 […]