Category: Evans Law Firm

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home To Pay $2.3 Million Allegations Of Grossly Substandard Care Government Payments For Allegedly Substandard Services Skilled nursing facilities and assisted care communities often receive government funding for the care they provide residents.  Fraudulent claims for payments of those government funds may be the basis for a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Hospice Care Is Now A Huge For-Profit Industry False Certifications To Inflate Profits Lack Of Regulatory Oversight Hospice care is end of life care where patients are certified by a physician with less than six months to live and forgo any curative treatment.  Today, half of all Americans […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Dishonest In-Home Caregivers Are Possible Predators Check Backgrounds Before Hiring Protecting Older Loved Ones Seniors and persons of all ranks of life may be victims of financial elder abuse.   This is especially true when seniors have caregivers or other workers in their home.  The risks of theft are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Redirecting Direct Deposits Online And Phone Access Trace Where Loved One’s Pensions Are Deposited Whenever a dishonest caregiver gains access to confidential financial information of an elderly person, there is a risk that they will use that information to take as much money from the elder as they […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Family Member Of Victim Reports Suspicions Suspect Allegedly Opened Credit Cards In Victim’s Name Numerous Purchases And Cash Advances Unauthorized debit and credit card charges are a common form of financial elder abuse. Another common form of financial elder abuse is opening credit cards or taking out loans […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Accessed Bank Accounts Leased Car In Senior’s Name Took Out A Loan In Couple’s Name While financial elder abuse may consist of theft of cash or unauthorized use of credit cards, some financial elder abuse consists of that plus elaborate schemes of loans, estate planning changes, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Happy Thanksgiving Day 2022!! Safely Including Seniors One-On-One Time With Older Loved Ones All of us at Evans Law Firm, Inc. wish you a very happy and safe Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving is the perfect time for family and friends to gather together.  We especially hope that you include […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Years Of Allegedly Fraudulent Transactions $1,295,000 Allegedly Taken From Elderly Client Twenty-Year Relationship With 97-Year-Old Client Seniors can be victims of financial elder abuse from strangers and from those they have known for years.  The older a senior gets, the more at risk they are and those who […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Over $2.7 Million Allegedly Stolen 12 Elderly Victims Facility Owners, Lawyer And Caseworker Sentenced Most of the financial elder abuse cases we write about involve one or possibly two financial predators, like a caregiver and a spouse or friend who assists them in the abuse.  Sometimes, however, a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Two Former Therapists Blow Whistle Allegations Of False Upcoding And Unnecessary Services Realtors Will Share $1.3 Million Reward In Fiscal Year 2021, private citizens helped the government recover $1.6 billion in cases of fraud against the government.  The citizens, known as “relators,” brough the cases, referred to as “qui tam” […]