Category: San Francisco Financial Elder Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 88-Year-Old Victim Of Alleged Fraud Forged Checks And Unauthorized Card Use Alleged May Be Additional Victims Of Same Suspect We cannot emphasize strongly enough how important it is to keep checks, ATM/Debit cards, and cash away from caregivers or other strangers who enter a senior’s home.  Nor can […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Is Rising Dramatically How To Protect Senior Loved Ones Remedies For Financial Elder Abuse Financial abuse of older Americans has grown to epidemic proportions in the U.S.  Seniors at every economic level, rich or poor, married or single, male or female, straight or LGBTQIA+ are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Lonely Widows and Widowers Are Vulnerable Protect Your Children’s Inheritance in the Family House Consider Life Estates People generally want to leave their estates to their children when they die, particularly the family home or perhaps a vacation home where the family has some of its best memories.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fraud On 94-Year-Old Victim Fraudulent Checks And Forgeries Protecting Older Loved Ones Older persons lose more than $3 billion annually as a result of financial elder abuse, according to FBI and National Institute of Justice statistics. The true figure is likely much, much higher as most financial elder […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Falsified Timesheets And Excessive Payments Time Discrepancies Discovered By Family Protecting Seniors From Fraud California broadly defines what constitutes financial elder or dependent adult abuse: (a) “Financial abuse” of an elder or dependent adult occurs when a person or entity does any of the following: (1) Takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Powers Of Attorney Grant Broad Authority Self-Dealing And Other Fraud By Appointed Agents Remedies For Injured Seniors Powers of attorney are extremely important estate planning tools for all of us as we age; it is helpful to have such arrangements in place before the need for them arises […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Accused Of Stealing $10 Million From Victim Money Spent On Beach Home, New Cars And Cosmetic Surgery Victim In Assisted Care Facility Seniors who live in assisted care facilities are at risk of financial abuse by caregivers in much the same way as those seniors still living […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 65 Unauthorized Checks Drawn On Resident Trust Funds  $73,521.68 In Restitution Ordered 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.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Theft By Attorney-in-Fact Dependent Adult Victim Unaware Of Fraud Money Used For Gambling, Hotels And A New Car Misuse of Powers of Attorney (POAs) is always against the law.  Probate Code § 4231.5.  But when the principal is an elder or dependent adult, the abuse of a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Ponzi Scheme Targeting Mostly Older Customers Lost Savings And Homes At Risk Of Foreclosure Scheme Lasted Many Years Seniors are often targets of Ponzi schemes, where money collected from new investors is used to pay existing investors, and there really is no actual investment of funds. Like the […]