ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unsuitable Insurance For Seniors Questionable Sales Tactics Red Flags For Consumers Insurance companies may offer commissions as high as 10 percent to agents to sell products like long-term deferred annuities to senior citizens. In this environment, consumers should arm themselves with information to protect their interests. Evans Law Firm, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Tips On Hiring In-Home Caregivers Use A Bonded Agency Spotting And Stopping Caregiver Fraud Whenever a stranger enters an isolated senior’s home there is a very real risk of financial elder abuse.  This is especially true when the stranger is a caregiver, who may be in the home […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understanding The Disadvantages Of Universal Life Insurance Six Issues To Consider Always Get A Second Opinion Evans Law Firm, Inc. generally cautions against universal life insurance and deferred annuities for senior consumers because these insurance products are expensive, complicated, and tie up invested money for long periods of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Two Dementia Patients Injured By Assault Aide Seen Pushing Two Patients To The Ground On Surveillance Footage Charges Of Felony Elder Abuse California requires special qualifications for facilities taking care of dementia sufferers.  See, e.g., Cal. Code of Regulations § 87705 et seq.  Despite the regulations, some care […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Whistleblower Rewards Increasing Targeting Off-Shore Tax Avoidance Whistleblowers’ Estates Can Pursue Claims The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards people who blow the whistle on corporations who fail to pay the tax that they owe.  I.R.C. § 7623(b).  In fiscal year 2020, the IRS issued over $86 million […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Senate Judiciary Committee To Vote On Amendments Amendments Would Strengthen The False Claims Act  Private Citizens Recover Billions For Government The federal False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., rewards individuals who help the government recover money lost to businesses and individuals as a result […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Suit Alleges Suspicious Wire Transfers, Cash Withdrawals And Advances Victim Allegedly Lost $370,000 Fraudulent Wires And Transfers Allegedly Executed At Six Bank Branches Seniors can be victims of theft and financial elder abuse in single transactions or may be victimized by an entire series of fraudulent transactions or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Prohibitions Against Sales Of Unsuitable Insurance Policies Unsuitable Sales To Seniors Is Financial Elder Abuse Red Flags In Sales Pitches Insurance agents who sell unsuitable insurance products, including indexed annuities, to seniors violate the California Insurance Code and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) regulations against the sale of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victim Suffered From Alzheimer’s $117,000 In Suspicious Transactions In Bank Account Audit Uncovers Misuse Of Power Of Attorney Financial Powers of Attorney (POAs) grant the agent acting under them broad powers over virtually all of a principal’s financial affairs and allow access to bank accounts.  See Cal. Prob. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Family Discovers Large, Unusual Transactions Caregiver Had Senior’s Credit Card And Checks Caregivers Alleges That Senior Made Gifts To Her There is a very real danger of theft and financial elder abuse whenever a caregiver has access to a senior’s credit cards, cash, checks, or bank account information.  […]