Category: Elder Financial Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Agency Caregiver Accused Of Theft Jewelry And Cash Disappeared Police Suspect Caregiver Stole From Multiple Victims A senior’s jewelry, cash, valuables, and credit cards can disappear quickly when an unscrupulous caregiver or stranger enters a senior’s home or room in a nursing home.  If such strangers have a […]

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 Resist Fear Tactics Used To Sell Annuities Sales Commissions Drive The Annuity Industry Consider Other Tax-Deferred Strategies Deferring taxes on retirement savings is a key part of any retirements planning. Tax deferrals can be achieved through direct investment of IRAs or 401ks in mutual funds or ETFs. We […]

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 Bookkeeper Accused Of Stealing Over $210,000  Charged With Elder Abuse, Wire Fraud And Money Laundering Police Allege Five Years Of Theft Seniors are vulnerable to financial abuse from any quarter including from the very persons they hire to take care of their financial affairs. Whenever, an unscrupulous person […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understand The Costs And Complexity Of Universal Life Insurance Premium Payments Continue Until Death Investment Risks And Caps On Growth Indexed Universal Life Insurance is a complicated life insurance product often sold by insurance agents as a retirement savings or estate planning investment. Agents sell universal life policies […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities Broker Sentenced For Theft From Elderly Client Access To Account, Unauthorized Transactions, And Theft Broker Sentenced To Five Years In Prison Seniors are vulnerable to financial elder abuse from strangers and caregivers who come into a senior’s life only towards the end of a senior’s life.  But […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Annuities Are Complicated Insurance Policies  Disadvantages For Seniors Understand How Annuities Work Before You Are Sold One Evans Law Firm, Inc. recommends seniors avoid deferred annuities because these insurance contracts are costly and complicated and expensive to get out of once you are in one.  Tax deferrals can […]

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 […]