Category: financial elder abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Family Believes Over $2.5 Million Stolen  Owner’s Social Security Benefits Allegedly Taken Bookkeeper Worked For Family For 25 Years So many times we read that financial elder abuse is perpetrated on a senior by someone, like a caregiver, who is new to the life of the elderly person.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 90 Criminal Counts In Arresting Warrant Accused Of Stealing From Victim And His Foundation Allegedly Started With Small Checks 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Downsides For Seniors Surrender/Withdrawal Penalties Fees, Participation Rates And Caps Evans Law Firm, Inc. generally recommends against deferred annuities for older consumers because they are expensive and complicated and because these contracts tie up a senior’s money for years. Whenever an insurance agent or financial advisor of any […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Defrauded 97-Year-Old With Dementia Accused Of Using Victim’s Funds For Personal Expenses Eight Years Of Fraud Alleged Seniors are often victims of financial elder abuse from strangers or newcomers into their lives acting as caregivers, insurance salesmen, contractors, or new boyfriends or girlfriends sometimes met online.  But […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Disabled Man Lost $52,000 Attempted To Take His Own Life After Loss Victim Gave Caregiver Debit Card And PIN Dishonest caregivers may prey upon a senior or dependent adult’s sympathies in order to take financial advantage of them.  In a recently reported case, discussed below, a caregiver allegedly […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Deferred Annuities Are Complex And Expensive Insurance Policies Policy Features Limit Your Upside Fees And Expenses May Be High Evans Law Firm, Inc. generally recommends against certain types of deferred annuities, including fixed indexed annuities, for older consumers based on what we have seen in our litigation experience: […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Housekeeper Arrested For Jewelry Theft Elderly Victim Used Online Service To Hire Multiple Pieces Of Jewelry Missing In Four Days Anytime a dishonest stranger enters a senior’s home, there is a real danger that things will go missing – cash, checks, credit and ATM cards, jewelry, and other […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Used Power Of Attorney To Steal Millions Victim Did Not Live To See Sentencing Five Year Prison Sentence And Restitution To Estate Financial predators take advantage of elderly persons whether they are rich or poor, man or woman, living at home or residing in care facilities.  Financial predators […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Business Manager Pleads Guilty To Theft Wrote Checks Off Resident Account False Entries On Nursing Home Books Seniors residing in assisted care or skilled nursing facilities face the same risk of financial elder abuse by dishonest staff members as seniors living at home do from dishonest […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Broker Pleads Guilty To Writing Checks To Himself Opened Credit Cards In Senior’s Name Five-Years Probation And Full Restitution Ordered Financial advisors and stockbrokers are potential financial predators of senior citizens.  While financial exploitation seems most often to occur when a “new” broker or advisor targets an elderly […]