Category: Financial Exploitation

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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Social Isolation And The Danger Of Elder Abuse Staying In Touch More Important Than Ever Financial Abusers Take Advantage Of Isolation As our litigators have shared before, social isolation is a common denominator in almost all the financial elder abuse cases we see. When a senior is isolated, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors Targets of Financial Elder Abuse If You’re a Victim, We Can Help Unscrupulous stockbrokers, insurance agents, financial advisors and retirement planners prey on seniors with “opportunities” of higher returns in a low-interest-rate environment. Be careful. Annuities or high-risk investments are unsuitable for seniors and can lead to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understand The Drawbacks of Fixed Indexed Annuities Insurance Policies Not Investments Do Not Be Rushed Into A Sale The current bear market and COVID-19 economic downfall have insurance agents out pushing fixed indexed annuities as a blend of safety and upside opportunity should the market turn around. Don’t […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Isolated Seniors Are Prey To Greedy Caregivers The Effects Can Be Devastating Greedy caregivers who steal from their elderly patients will really stop at nothing once they get started. Often, the theft begins slowly with relatively small amounts of cash or unauthorized purchases. Almost inevitably, the theft escalates. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Can Strike Any Senior High Achievers Vulnerable Too Dangers In Covering Up Cognitive Impairment Financial elder abuse can strike any senior, rich or poor, man or woman, living at home or in a care facility. Financial predators such as insurance agents, financial planners, and caregivers […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Protect Yourself And Loved Ones From Financial Elder Abuse A Few Important Steps Financial elder abuse strikes seniors of all income levels, rich and poor. Financial predators target isolated seniors especially and isolation is more common than ever for elders right now given the COVID-19 lockdown. The San […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Downsides to Annuities for Seniors Resist Hard Sell Tactics Especially The “Free Lunch” Seminars! By some estimates, American seniors hold two-thirds of the individual wealth in the United States. Insurance agents pursue senior consumers especially with insurance products like long-term deferred annuities. Every time an agent sells […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Annuities Are Expensive, Long-Term Insurance Policies Do Not Be Rushed Into An Annuity Commissions, Fees And Surrender Charges  Our lawyers recommend avoiding annuities of any kind, especially for seniors, because sales commissions are high and policies tie up your money for many years. Right now, agents are using […]