Category: Evans Law Firm

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Increased Isolation Results In Greater Vulnerability Authorities Report Huge Rise In Elder Abuse Cases Facing The Realities Of The New Normal Throughout the world, COVID-19 has struck seniors hardest and nations and elder care institutions have imposed drastic lockdown measures to protect older persons. But the hidden danger […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Pursues Elder Abuse Charges Against Advisor Unauthorized Trades And Falsified Documents Betraying Trust Of Older Client The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) polices the financial markets to protect investors from fraud. The SEC’s Retail Strategy Task Force has especially focused on fraud against older investors and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Abuse Caught On Camera Verbal And Physical Attacks Of 88-Year-Old Patient Elder Abuse And Battery Elderly residents of nursing homes and assisted care facilities are potentially at risk of injury through neglect, staff negligence, or abandonment. They can also be at risk of intentional abuse, verbally and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Extend Enforcement Actions Fraudulent Trading Schemes May Violate Bank Secrecy Laws  Insiders Rewarded For Assistance And Information The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) polices the commodities and futures markets and have extended their policing power to enforcing bank secrecy laws that commodities brokers […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Isolation And Economic Downturn Generate More Financial Elder Abuse Pandemic Brings Financial Risks Too How Can You Protect Senior Loved Ones? As a group, by far the largest percentage of COVID-19 deaths has occurred among America’s senior population. But there is another, more subtle, danger lurking in the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Private Citizens Brings Suit For Alleged Overbilling False Claims For Medicare Payments Case Settles For $117 Million Under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., private citizens can bring suits on behalf of the United States government to recover […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Commission Targets Fraudulent Trading Schemes  Insider Rewarded $9 Million For Information Commodities and futures trading constitute an enormous financial marketplace and wherever hundreds of billions of dollars trade hands every year, there’s bound to be fraud. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER One Individual Exposed Large-Scale Healthcare Fraud Employees And Other Insiders Can Blow Whistle On Fraud Salesman Brings Massive Kickback Fraud To Light Healthcare fraud is the largest single category of fraud against the federal government year in and year out. Employees, case managers, nurses, physicians, salespeople, directors and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Commission Targets Fraudulent Trading Schemes Insider Rewarded $9 Million For Information Commodities and futures trading constitute an enormous financial marketplace and wherever hundreds of billions of dollars trade hands every year, there’s bound to be fraud. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Agents Push Deferred Annuities For Seniors Understand How Deferred Annuities Work Always Get A Second Opinion Insurance agents offer seniors deferred annuities, designed, according to the salesperson, to provide an income stream later in life. Sometimes the teaser rates on these contracts sound appealing. But deferred annuities pay […]