Category: financial elder abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Accused Of Fraudulent Debit Card Use 1 ½ Years Of Fraud Alleged 76-Year-Old Victim Unauthorized use of credit and debit cards is a prevalent form of financial elder abuse of the elderly.  Dishonest caregivers and others who access a senior’s cards and PIN (or create a PIN through […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victim’s Daughter Notified Police Of Suspicious Activity Change Of Address Of Bank Account To Caregiver’s Home Suspicious Withdrawals And Missing Statements Unauthorized debit and credit card charges are common forms of financial elder abuse.  Dishonest caregivers with access to checks and debit and credit cards are often the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Befriended Elderly Couple Relative Contacts Police About Suspicious Activity Fraudulent Loan And Unauthorized Purchases Alleged The elderly are potential victims of financial elder abuse in their own homes by dishonest, greedy caregivers or other strangers working for them.  Sometimes the theft is as straightforward as taking cash […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Theft From Victim And His Foundation $287,000 Missing According To Authorities Small Checks At Beginning Access to any older person’s financial accounts seems to be an almost irresistible temptation for dishonest caregivers, particularly if the older person is suffering from dementia or so elderly that they are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Was “Friend” Who Started Assisting Senior Daily Used Senior’s Credit Cards To Run Errands Guardian Reports Suspicious Charges To Police Isolated seniors are the most vulnerable to financial abuse because they have no one to watch over their accounts and help them keep track of their money. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Had Senior’s Power Of Attorney And Stood To Inherit Estate Allegedly Laced Peanut Butter With Trazodone Police Find Drug-Laced Peanut Butter Financial elder abuse of seniors by dishonest in-home caregivers runs the gamut from petty theft to attempts to take everything the senior owns.  Common modes of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Bank Teller Created False Counter Checks On Senior’s Account Embezzled Over $349,000 Relative Of Victim Discovers Fraud Seniors are at risk of financial elder abuse from all corners of their lives.  Dishonest in-home caregivers and nursing home aides, bookkeepers, insurance agents, trustees, brokers, strangers, contractors and, as a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa) Introduces Bill For Greater Elder Protection More Responsibility On Banks To Protect Seniors From Abuse Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, introduced legislation recently that would strengthen elder and dependent adult financial abuse protections by clarifying the duties of banks and financial institutions to safeguard against […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Used Victim’s Debit Card To Steal $30,000 Taken By ATM Withdrawals Financial Abuse Took Place Over 1 ½ Year Period Unauthorized ATM withdrawals are a common form of financial elder abuse.  If a dishonest caregiver has access to a debit card and can find (or create […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Internal Audit Discovered 65 Unauthorized Checks Ordered To Pay $73,521.68 In Restitution Six Months Jail Sentence Seniors in assisted care or skilled nursing facilities face the risk of financial elder abuse by dishonest staff members similar to the risks seniors living at home do from dishonest in-home caregivers.  […]