Category: Financial Exploitation

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Jewelry, Cash, Checks, and Personal Information Increased Isolation During Pandemic Puts Seniors At Greater Risk Preventing Caregiver Theft Social isolation of seniors during the pandemic, intended to protect them from coronavirus, has at the same time increased their vulnerability to financial elder abuse. Greedy caregivers use the heightened […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Betraying Seniors’ Trust Financial Elder Abuse Can Strike Any Senior Advisor Accesses Client Funds Financial advisors, caregivers, insurance agents, retirement planners, stock brokers, trustees, persons with Powers of Attorney and even court-appointed conservators can all financially exploit seniors. Sometimes, it’s outright theft, but more subtle financial maneuvers like […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Ponzi Schemes Increasingly Target Older Investors One Red Flag: Promises of Guaranteed High Returns In a Ponzi scheme, fraudsters use money they collect from new investors to pay existing investors. What appears to be a return on your investment is actually money from another investor who has been […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Social Isolation Increases Risk Experts Say Elder Abuse Climbing Victims Unable To Reach Out For Help The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that 8 out of 10 COVID-19-related deaths in the United States have been among persons 65 or older. But the pandemic’s toll on […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors Targets of Financial Elder Abuse Strikes Seniors Still At Home Or In Facilities New CFPB Manual May Help Elderly In Facilities The San Francisco financial elder abuse attorneys at Evans Law Firm, Inc. see financial elder abuse of seniors who still live in their longtime homes and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Risks, Costs, Complexity, And Downsides Deferred Annuities Are Insurance Policies Not Fund Investments Do Not Be Rushed Into A Sale Dropping interest rates and market volatility may be with us for quite a while in this new, COVID-19 world. There are still insurance agents and financial advisors with […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Predators Exploit The Dying Spotting Financial Elder Abuse Over the years, our litigators have seen cases where caregivers and others financially exploit seniors suffering from terminal illness, stealing from the dying older person right up until death. These predators take cash, write checks, forge signatures, impersonate the dying […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Practical Ideas For Monitoring Your Loved One’s Care Preventing Caregiver Theft  Caregiver theft is a real danger for isolated seniors with in-home caregivers, particularly during this time of pandemic when friends and loved ones cannot visit as often as they’d like (or should). The Alameda County financial elder […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors Targets of Financial Elder Abuse If You’re a Victim, We Can Help When Brokers, Agents, and Advisors Prey on the Elderly Stock brokers, insurance agents and financial advisors often target the elderly and ingratiate themselves to older persons in order to sell them products they do not […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Any Securities Fraud Can Be The Basis of a Whistleblower Case Reporting Domestic And Offshore Securities Fraud On June 4, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded $50 million to an individual who provided detailed, firsthand observations of misconduct by […]