ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Altered Bank Account Withdrawal Slips Fraudulent Transfers To Another Account Charity Reported Theft To Police Elderly persons are particularly vulnerable to financial exploitation by caregivers living in the senior’s home.  Sometimes the financial abuse is theft of cash or a credit card but sometimes the theft […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Used Stun Gun On Dependent Adults Video Caught The Abuse Licensing Bureau Opens Investigation Intentional abuse or restraints, including chemical restraints by drugs, are crimes and actionable forms of abuse of elders and dependent adults.  See Penal Code § 368 and Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Kickbacks And False Eligibility Certifications Claims For Deceased Patients Company Founders Previously Settle For $1 Million  Health care spending in the U.S. exceeded $3.8 trillion in 2019, and a large percentage of that money comes from government payouts under Medicare, Medicaid, the VA, government employee health […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understanding The Disadvantages Of Annuities Tax Consequences Withdrawal Penalties And Taxation Evans Law Firm, Inc. recommends against deferred annuities for older consumers.  In the firm’s practice we have seen older consumers lose money as the result of high sales commissions, annual fees and rider fees; returns on premiums […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Alleges Decades-Long Ponzi Scheme Over 400 Mostly Elderly Investors Were Victims Emergency Action Shuts Down Alleged Scheme Financial elder abuse can be abuse of a particular senior citizen or can be part of a scheme that targets multiple senior citizens for risky or inappropriate investments, or unsuitable […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California Attorney General Announces Large Settlement Allegations Of Medi-Cal Fraud Charges For Unnecessary Medical Devices Individuals who blow the whistle on fraud against the State of California are eligible for a reward if the State recovers money from the company committing the fraud. Cal. Gov’t Code § 12652(g). […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understand The Inherent Risks In Annuities Contracts Are Complicated And Expensive Withdrawals And Surrenders Are Costly Evans Law Firm, Inc. recommends against deferred annuities, including fixed indexed annuities, for older consumers based on what we have seen in our litigation experience: sales commissions and annual fees on these […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Neglect Of Patients In End Of Life Care Hospice Patients Neglected And Abused How To Find Information On Hospice Agencies  When a patient or a patient’s family elects hospice care for a dying senior, the hospice agency or program is responsible for providing all services related to the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Cashed 43 Checks Off Victim’s Account Another Caregiver Forged Checks And Made Zelle Transfers Families Detect Fraud And Theft Every time a stranger or caregiver enters the home of an elderly person there is a risk of financial elder abuse.  The amounts stolen can be relatively […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER CFTC Recently Awards $3 Million To Whistleblower Cases Start With An Anonymous Tip From Whistleblower Fraud In Commodities and Futures Trading The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) oversees trading in derivatives, commodities, options, futures, swaps, and currencies.  See Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. […]