Category: Evans Law Firm

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Agents Oversimplify How Deferred Annuities Work The Dangers For Seniors Are In The Details Exchanging Existing Annuities Can Be Very Costly Deferred annuities come in various forms, but one of the products insurance agents promote for seniors are fixed indexed annuities (FIAs).  Agents sell FIAs to seniors in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Department of Justice Announces Fiscal Year 2020 Recoveries Close to 90% of Recoveries Come From Individual Whistleblower Cases Whistleblowers Filed 672 Qui Tam Suits In 2020 The Department of Justice (DOJ) obtained more than $2.2 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of False Marketing Tactics Unapproved Systems For Pediatric Care Case Brought By Employees False claims for reimbursement under government-sponsored health care programs may violate both federal law (when the claims are submitted to Medicare and other federal programs) and State law (when the claims are submitted to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Neglect And Lack Of Proper Care Of Hospice Patient Undisclosed, Untreated Pressure Wounds Lead To Death Sepsis and Gangrene Developed From Untreated Wound “Elder abuse does not always come in the form of a physical attack,” stated former California Attorney Xavier Becerra when announcing charges against a nurse […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Authorities Allege Agent Stole $270,000 From Elder Client Agent Allegedly Used Power of Attorney to Embezzle Agent Accused Of Writing Checks To Himself Elderly persons, particularly those suffering from dementia, are vulnerable to financial elder abuse from caregivers, financial advisors, strangers, insurance agents and others.  Often the tool […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Desert Hot Springs Case Of Alleged Physical and Financial Elder Abuse Hospital Staff Reports Possible Neglect Case To Police Elder Abuse Increasing Throughout Riverside County Older persons under the care of in-home caregivers are increasingly vulnerable to abuse and neglect because in large part caregivers who do abuse […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of Six-Year Fraud Against Medicare And Other Government Programs Whistleblower Alleged Illegal Inducements And Unnecessary Inpatient Admissions Former Patient Advocate Blew The Whistle The federal Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b, prohibits offering, soliciting, or receiving any remuneration to induce referrals for medical services or procedures, including […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Churning and Unauthorized Trades In Elderly Clients’ Accounts FINRA Targets Financial Elder Abuse Large Arbitration Awards And Charges Seniors face financial elder abuse from a number of directions – caregivers, insurance agents, strangers, scammers, contractors, and financial advisors and stockbrokers to name but a few.  Caregiver theft is […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Avoid The Hype On Fixed Indexed Annuities Complex Insurance Products With High Commissions And Fees Replacement Transactions Especially Risky And Costly COVID-19 has created serious uncertainty in markets and left many investors jittery about the country’s economic future and the performance of markets in the years ahead climbing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Fraudulent Postal Service Contracts By Former Employees of Airline Allegations of False Delivery Scans Employees Hid Actual Data From Government Federal government contracts are almost always subject to very specific requirements and regulations. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) contracts out domestic and international delivery services and those […]