Category: San Francisco Financial Elder Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Threatened Victim Victim Without Funds To Pay Rent Suspicious Transactions Reported By Victim’s Granddaughter Financial elder abuse of seniors by dishonest and greedy caregivers is one of the most pervasive forma of financial elder abuse.  Reports of caregiver fraud and abuse appear almost every day in the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fixed Indexed Annuities From Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company Nationwide’s New Heights© Fixed Indexed Annuities J.P. Morgan MOZAIC I and MOZAIC II Investment Strategies Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company, part of the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Group, issues various types of deferred annuities throughout the State of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victims Resided In Assisted Care Facility Family Of One Victim Discovers Suspicious Charges Suspect Accused Of Unauthorized Charges On Two Patients’ Cards Whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters a senior’s home or a senior’s room in an assisted care facility or nursing home, credit and debit […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Accused Of Using Wheelchair Bound Woman’s Debit Card Allegedly Paid Their Own Bills With Victim’s Card Two Recent Case Examples Unauthorized use of credit and debit cards is a prevalent form of financial elder abuse of the elderly.  If a dishonest caregiver has access to a senior’s debit […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Expensive To Exit Any Deferred Annuity No Control Over How Your Money Is Invested Commissions, Fees And Caps Erode Returns Deferred annuities are long-term insurance contracts which require you to lose control over your investment, and some annuities may earn little to no interest.  If you try to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Aide Stole Jewelry, Cellphones And Designer Purses Aide Employed At Facility For 14 Years Prison Sentence And Restitution Seniors in assisted care facilities face the risk of financial elder abuse like those seniors under the care of in-home caregivers or other strangers in their homes. This kind of […]

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 Penalized When You Need Your Money Back No Control Over How Your Money Is Invested Commissions, Contract Fees And Caps On Returns Deferred annuities are long-term insurance contracts which require you to lose control over your investment, and some annuities may earn little to no interest.  If you […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Attorneys-in-Fact Have Broad Powers How That Power Is Abused Remedies For Senior Victims Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full authority over a person’s financial affairs. Medical powers of attorney, known in California as an Advance Health Care Directives (AHCDs), grant authority over medical decisions and health care […]

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 […]