ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seven Examples Of Insurance Agent Fraud And Financial Elder Abuse Victims Include Many Seniors Protecting Older Loved Ones From Insurance Agent Fraud Insurance agents and brokers serve as trusted advisors to their clients, ensuring that policyholders are adequately protected in the event of a loss.  However, on some […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER State Agency Warnings About Rising Premiums Risk Of Policy Lapses Low Rates Of Return Evans Law Firm, Inc. recommends against indexed universal life insurance and deferred annuities for senior consumers because both insurance products are expensive, complicated, and tie up invested money for long periods of time.  Typically, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Older Clients At Risk Of Abuse By Unscrupulous Advisors How Brokers Defraud Elderly Clients Protecting Against Financial Elder Abuse Seniors are vulnerable to financial advisors, brokers, insurance agents, trustees and others whether they are new advisors or persons with whom the senior may have had a relationship for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Facility Owner Arrested For Elder Abuse And Cruelty Nine Elderly Residents Victimized Only One Staff Member For Nine Alzheimer’s Residents Patients in nursing homes and assisted care facilities are at risk of intentional abuse, neglect, negligence, or abandonment by aides, staff and owners in the very facilities where […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Announces $6 Million In Awards  Two Whistleblowers Rewarded For Assisting Investigations $956 Million Awarded Since SEC Whistleblower Program Began Assistance and information from whistleblowers who know of possible securities law violations are among the most powerful weapons in the law enforcement arsenal of the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Former Rehab Director Of Company Blows Whistle  Company Allegedly Billed For Unnecessary “Ultra High” Therapy Complaint Alleged Eight Years Of Fraudulent Practices Healthcare fraud costs the government billions every year.  Private individuals play a great role in getting some of that money back for the government.   Under the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Beware High-Pressure Sales Tactics Beware High Surrender Charges Beware Agents Urging You To Switch Annuities Insurance companies may offer commissions as high as 10 percent to agents who sell products like long-term deferred annuities to senior citizens. In this environment, consumers should arm themselves with information to protect […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Charged With Elder Abuse/Neglect Police Say Caregiver Abandoned 92-Year Old Caregiver Allegedly Stole Car After Abandoning Victim  Physical abuse and neglect of elders, including when a caregiver abandons an elder or dependent adult, are crimes. Cal. Penal Code § 368.  The California Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Paid $472 Million In Whistleblower Rewards In 2020 Off-Shore Schemes Are Large Area Of Tax Avoidance Tax Avoidance Schemes Violate Numerous Laws 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). […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Suspect Accused Of Sexual Misconduct At Four Nursing Homes Advocates See Epidemic Of Sexual Assault In Nursing Homes Suspect Kept License Despite Initial Complaints More and more reports of rape and sexual abuse of nursing home residents have surfaced in recent months. The stories are heartbreaking.  Some of […]